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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, March 14, 2011 6:16 AM<br><b>Subject:</b> Fwd: Some Major Earthquakes Throughout History<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div name="Compose message area"><h1 align=center style='text-align:center;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Major earthquakes throughout history in pictures<o:p></o:p></span></h1><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><img width=620 height=473 id="_x0000_i1025" src="http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01846/francisco-1906_1846933i.jpg" alt="A history of the 20th and 21st century in major earthquakes"><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></div><p align=center style='text-align:center;background:white'><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Major earthquakes throughout history in pictures. <i>Statistics from The Geological Society of London.</i> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p align=center style='text-align:center;background:white'><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>1906: USA (California, San Francisco). Richter scale: 7.8, Deaths: 3,000, Cost ($m): 524 <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><img width=620 height=447 id="_x0000_i1026" src="http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01846/Italy-1908_1846870i.jpg" alt="A history of the 20th and 21st century in major earthquakes"><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></div><p align=center style='text-align:center;background:white'><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>1908: Italy (Messina). Richter scale: 7.5, Deaths: 25,926, Cost: ($m) 116 <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><img width=620 height=438 id="_x0000_i1027" src="http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01846/japan-1923_1846937i.jpg" alt="A history of the 20th and 21st century in major earthquakes"><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></div><p align=center style='text-align:center;background:white'><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>1923: Japan (Tokyo-Yokohama). Richter scale: 8.3, Deaths: 142,800, Cost ($m): 2,800 <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><img width=620 height=445 id="_x0000_i1028" src="http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01846/pakistan-1936_1846861i.jpg" alt="A history of the 20th and 21st century in major earthquakes"><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></div><p align=center style='text-align:center;background:white'><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>1936: Pakistan (Quetta). Richter scale: 7.5, Deaths: 35,000, Cost ($m): 25 <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><img width=620 height=451 id="_x0000_i1029" src="http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01846/chile-1939_1846903i.jpg" alt="A history of the 20th and 21st century in major earthquakes"><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;background:white'><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>1939: Chile (Concepcion). Richter scale: 8.3, Deaths: 28,000, Cost ($m): 100<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><img width=620 height=434 id="_x0000_i1030" src="http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01846/Turkey-1940_1846852i.jpg" alt="A history of the 20th and 21st century in major earthquakes"><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></td></tr></table></div><p align=center style='text-align:center;background:white'><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>1939: Turkey (Erzincan). Richter scale: 8.0, Deaths: 36,740, Cost ($m): 20 <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><img width=595 height=620 id="_x0000_i1031" src="http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01846/morocco-1960_1846859i.jpg" alt="A history of the 20th and 21st century in major earthquakes"><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></div><p align=center style='text-align:center;background:white'><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>1960: Morocco (Agadir). Richter scale: 5.9, Deaths: 12,000, Cost ($m): 120<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><img width=573 height=620 id="_x0000_i1032" src="http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01846/peru-1970_1846857i.jpg" alt="A history of the 20th and 21st century in major earthquakes"><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></div><p align=center style='text-align:center;background:white'><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>1970: Peru (Chimbote). Richter scale: 7.7, Deaths: 67,000, Cost ($m): 550<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><img width=620 height=360 id="_x0000_i1033" src="http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01846/china-1976_1846899i.jpg" alt="A history of the 20th and 21st century in major earthquakes"><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></div><p align=center style='text-align:center;background:white'><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>1976: China (Tangshan). Richter scale: 8.0, Deaths: 290,000, Cost ($m): 5,600 <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><img width=620 height=432 id="_x0000_i1034" src="http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01846/guatemala-1976_1846894i.jpg" alt="A history of the 20th and 21st century in major earthquakes"><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></div><p align=center style='text-align:center;background:white'><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>1976: Guatemala (Guatemala City). Richter scale: 7.5, Deaths: 22,084, Cost ($m): 1,100<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><img width=620 height=413 id="_x0000_i1035" src="http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01846/mexico-1985_1846862i.jpg" alt="A history of the 20th and 21st century in major earthquakes"><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;background:white'><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>1985: Mexico (Mexico City). Richter scale: 8.1, Deaths: 10,000, Cost ($m): 4,000<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><img width=426 height=620 id="_x0000_i1036" src="http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01846/armenia-1988_1846898i.jpg" alt="A history of the 20th and 21st century in major earthquakes"><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></td></tr></table></div><p align=center style='text-align:center;background:white'><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>1988: Armenia (Spitak). Richter scale: 6.9, Deaths: 25,000 Cost ($m): 14,000 <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><img width=620 height=415 id="_x0000_i1037" src="http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01846/san-francisco-1989_1846856i.jpg" alt="A history of the 20th and 21st century in major earthquakes"><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></div><p align=center style='text-align:center;background:white'><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>1989: USA (California, San Francisco). Richter Scale: 7.0, Deaths: 68, Cost ($m): 6,000 <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p align=center style='text-align:center;background:white'><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><img id="_x0000_i1038" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2275/2414949817_7a6fcc0cd4.jpg" alt="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2275/2414949817_7a6fcc0cd4.jpg"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p align=center style='text-align:center;background:white'><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>July 1990, Baguio City, Philippines. Deaths about 5000.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><img width=620 height=432 id="_x0000_i1039" src="http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01846/kobe-1995_1846868i.jpg" alt="A history of the 20th and 21st century in major earthquakes"><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></div><p align=center style='text-align:center;background:white'><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>1995: Japan (Kobe). Richter scale: 7.2, Deaths: 6348, Cost ($m): 200,000<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><img width=620 height=413 id="_x0000_i1040" src="http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01846/turkey-1999_1846844i.jpg" alt="A history of the 20th and 21st century in major earthquakes"><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></div><p align=center style='text-align:center;background:white'><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>1999: Turkey (Kocaeli). Richter scale: 7.4, Deaths: 19,118, Cost ($m): 20,000<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><img width=620 height=427 id="_x0000_i1041" src="http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01846/indonesia-2004_1846879i.jpg" alt="A history of the 20th and 21st century in major earthquakes"><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></div><p align=center style='text-align:center;background:white'><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>2004: Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami. Richter scale: 9.2, Deaths: 230,000<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><img width=620 height=413 id="_x0000_i1042" src="http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01846/china-2008_1846917i.jpg" alt="A history of the 20th and 21st century in major earthquakes"><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></div><p align=center style='text-align:center;background:white'><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>2008: Sichuan Province. Richter scale: 8.0, Deaths: 68,000, Cost ($m): 20,000<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><img width=620 height=398 id="_x0000_i1043" src="http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01846/chile-2010_1846909i.jpg" alt="A history of the 20th and 21st century in major earthquakes"><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></div><p align=center style='text-align:center;background:white'><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>2010: Chile (Maule Region). Richter scale: 8.8, Deaths: 486<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><img width=620 height=388 id="_x0000_i1044" src="http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01846/earthquake-wide-ts_1846157i.jpg" alt="An 8.9 magnitude earthquake hit Japan's northeastern Honshu island and a huge tsunami warning was issued"><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></div><p align=center style='text-align:center;background:white'><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>2011: Japan. Richter scale: 8.9<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br clear=all><o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>