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A glance at the world's deadliest quakes in past 25 years

A magnitude 7.8 earthquake on Monday, killing more than 4,000 people in Türkiye and Syria. The death toll is expected to rise as rescuers working in cold and snow look for trapped people in the rubble of toppled buildings. Here are some of the world's deadliest earthquakes in the past 25 years:

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Jan. 12, 2010: In Haiti, over 100,000 people are killed. Government estimates put the number at a staggering 316,000 dead.