A magnitude 7.3 earthquake hit Turkey Sunday close to the Iranian border, killing at least 138 people. Many more are missing. At a news conference, Mustafa Erdik, the general manager of Kandilli Observatory, said that based on a previous magnitude 7.2 earthquake, he fears thousands are dead in Van, a city of 1 million people. Van Mayor Bekir Kaya said "We can't assess the entire damage immediately," as locals had jammed the phones because of the massive panic.
A 6.0 aftershock also hit the area. There have been other recent deadly earthquakes.
South Pacific Island of Nuku'Alofa, Tonga -- 7.6 on Oct. 21
This quake hit off the coast of Nuku'Alofa, Tonga, an island in the South Pacific about 122 miles from Kermadec Islands, a volcanic range in New Zealand. There was no damage. With a depth of 24 miles, it created a tsunami alert that officials quickly canceled. A tsunami was recorded to have happened, according to reports of the ocean's levels, said the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center.
Japan -- 9.0 on March 11
The earthquake off the nation's coast caused a massive tsunami to make its way to the U.S. The quake was not only deadly, but it was massive as well. Shifting the island so it now rests 13 feet closer to the U.S., the quake knocked Earth off its axis, making days shorter by 1.6 milliseconds.
The quake and its many aftershocks, some of which registered as strong as 7.2, damaged the Fukushima nuclear plant. Officials issued a nuclear evacuation order to the surrounding towns a few days after the quake. More than 10,000 are confirmed dead and hundreds of thousands more were injured, missing or homeless. In the last 30 days, 49 earthquakes have hit the area, with magnitudes of 4.0 to 5.3, although none has done much damage.
Spain -- 4.5 and 5.3 on May 11
Two relatively small earthquakes hit Spain south of Murcia. Both earthquakes were shallow, originating from a previously unknown fault line 1 kilometer deep. When the earthquake is shallow, it causes more shaking, which is why officials attribute the shallowness to the massive damages and recorded deaths. This general area of Spain has a history of strong earthquakes, with last strongest quake recorded on April 11 2010, a magnitude 6.3.
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