As the death toll from Monday's earthquake rises, take a look at how it compares to others across the world.
80,000 peopleThe Japanese town of Minamisanriku after the deadly tsunami in 2011.
A magnitude-9.0 quake off the north-east coast of Japan in 2011 triggered a tsunami which killed nearlyBefore Monday's earthquake, the deadliest in recent years was a magnitude-7.6 quake in Nepal in 2015 which killedThe most powerful earthquake on record hit southern Chile in 1960 with aThe earthquake and the resulting tsunami claimed 1,655 lives.
Only two of the deadliest earthquakes from 2013 to 2022 were of the same magnitude as Monday's quake.Türkiye and Syria will face many challenges in the aftermath of the deadly earthquake.
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