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2004 Indian ocean M9.1 ~230,000 dead
2008 Sichuan (China) M7.9 ~88,000 dead
2005 Kashmir (Pakistan) M7.6 ~86,000 dead
2003 Bam (Iran) M6.6 ~31,000 dead
2001 Gujarat (India) M7.7 ~20,000 dead
Also 2011 Japan M8.9
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∙ 9y agoThe largest measured earthquake in last 5 years was the magnitude 9.0 earthquake in Japan on March 11, 2011. The Haiti earthquake in 2010 was the second biggest quake with magnitude 8.8.
UPDATE: Official magnitude of the Japan 2011 earthquake was updated to 9.1 on Nov 7, 2016.
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