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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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May 12, 2008: A magnitude 7.9 quake strikes eastern Sichuan in China, resulting in over 87,500 deaths.