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230,000 died as a result of the earthquake.
Approximately 525 people were estimated to have been killed in the Chilean earthquake that occurred in February 2010.
There is an estimation of 830,000 people killed.
the people were affected by they lost their homes
The earthquake effectively split the country in half.There was an earthquake today.An earthquake that occurs close to water can result in a very destructive tsunami.
The worst in term of casualties was the 1906 San Francisco earthquake where it is estimated that more than 3,000 people were killed. The worst in terms of magnitude was the 1964 Alaskan earthquake which had a magnitude of 9.2 making it the 3rd largest earthquake ever recorded by man.
An estimated three million people were affected by the quake; the Haitian government reported that an estimated 316,000 people had died, 300,000 had been injured and 1,000,000 made homeless
It is possible to estimate the number of survivors based on the population of Haiti and the estimated number of people killed (please see the related question).Haiti's population is approximately 9 million (9,035,536 to be precise) and 230,000 people are estimated to have been killed.As such an estimated 8.7 million people survived the earthquake.
The largest earthquake ever recorded was the 1960 Valdivia earthquake in Chile, which had a magnitude of 9.5 on the Richter scale. This earthquake caused widespread devastation and had a significant impact on the region.
The Tutti Earthquake
Over 250,000 people were injured but not killed in the Shaanxi earthquake.
According to the USGS Earthquake Center, the deadliest earthquakes with respect to fatalities are these three:Date Location DeathsMagnitude1556/01/23Shaanxi (Shensi), China830,0008.02010/01/12Haiti region316,0007.01976/07/27Tangshan, China242,7697.5For full list see related link to USGS website below.