The World’s Deadliest Earthquakes Since 2000

A magnitude 6 earthquake shook central Italy early on Wednesday, followed hours later by a magnitude 6.8 temblor in Myanmar. Here is a list of some of the world’s deadliest earthquakes since 2000:

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April 16, 2016: A magnitude 7.8 earthquake on Ecuador’s central coast near the town of Muisne kills more than 660 people.

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April 25, 2015: A magnitude 7.8 earthquake in Nepal kills more than 8,000 people.

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Aug. 3, 2014: More than 700 people die in a magnitude 6.2-quake near Wenping, China.

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Sept. 24, 2013: A magnitude 7.7 quake strikes southwest Pakistan, killing more than 800 people.

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March 11, 2011: A magnitude 9.0 quake off the northeast coast of Japan triggers a tsunami, killing more than 20,000 people.

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Feb. 27, 2010: A magnitude 8.8 quake shakes Chile, generating a tsunami and killing 524 people.

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Jan. 12, 2010: A magnitude 7.0 quake hits Haiti, killing up to 316,000 people according to government estimates.

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Sept. 30, 2009: More than 1,100 people die when a magnitude 7.5 quake hits southern Sumatra, Indonesia.

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April 6, 2009: A magnitude 6.3 quake kills more than 300 people in and around L’Aquila, Italy, about 90 kilometers (55 miles) south of the latest quake.

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May 12, 2008: A magnitude 7.9 quake strikes eastern Sichuan in China, resulting in over 87,500 deaths.

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Aug. 15, 2007: A magnitude 8.0 earthquake near the coast of central Peru kills more than 500 people.

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May 26, 2006: More than 5,700 people die when a magnitude 6.3 quake hits the island of Java, Indonesia.

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Oct. 8, 2005: A magnitude 7.6 earthquake kills over 80,000 people in Pakistan’s Kashmir region.

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March 28, 2005: A magnitude 8.6 quake in northern Sumatra in Indonesia kills about 1,300 people.

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Dec. 26, 2004: A magnitude 9.1 quake in Indonesia triggers an Indian Ocean tsunami, killing 230,000 people in a dozen countries.