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BBC - Indonesia quake toll passes 3,000

More than 3,000 people have been killed and thousands more injured by a strong earthquake that struck the Indonesian island of Java, officials have said.

In a box:

• 2005 Muzaffarabad, Kashmir - kills more than 73,000
• 2004 Asian tsunami, triggered by undersea quake - kills at least 200,000
• 2003 Bam, Iran - kills 26,271
• 2001 Gujarat, India - kills more than 20,000
• 1995 Kobe, Japan - kills 6,430
• 1999 Izmit and Istanbul, Turkey - kills more than 17,000
• 1990 Gilan, Iran - kills around 40,000
• 1976 Tangshan, China - kills 255,000 (official)

And:

BBC - Deadly history of earthquakes

This one goes into more detail, and includes more quakes, including 13 since 2000.

Earthquakes have claimed hundreds of thousands of lives in the last 100 years and improvements in technology have only slightly reduced the death toll.

Not included are the 1989 Loma Prieta or the 1994 Northridge earthquakes.

Update (5.28):

Same link, different number:

…killing more than 4,600 people.