Top 7 Most Deadly Earthquakes of History

 Hokkaido, Japan (1730)

Japan is also a region prone to seismic activities and hence they have now days designed houses resistant to quakes up to a certain limit. The actual magnitude of earthquake is unknown but about 137.000 lives were claimed, so it is safe to assume that the tremors were not less than 7 on Richter scale. There was a tsunami which increased the casualty number otherwise the situation was in control and japan expected not many deaths. There was damage to roads, power outages and landslides as well. The island was shit by a similar earthquake of about 8 on Richter scale in 2003 but japan due to its superior technology and advancements survived and there were absolutely no casualties. That’s quite an achievement!

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