Where can I find a list of yearly estimated deaths from earthquakes around the world?
Our Earthquake Statistics website has annual totals for worldwide earthquakes and U.S. earthquakes from 1990 to the near-present. Estimated deaths from those earthquakes are listed at the bottom of the charts.
The website also has M3+ earthquake counts by state beginning in 2010.
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