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By now, you’ve heard that on 12 January 2010, at 1653 hrs local time, a 7.3 magnitude earthquake struck approx 10 miles southwest of Haiti's capital, Port-au-Prince. The earthquake has affected more than 3,000,000 people in Haiti. This is the largest earthquake ever recorded in this area. Things are worse than they seemed on TV. Many reporters and first hand eyewitnesses said the situation in Haiti is "horrific" and "terrified".

Right now, close your eyes and imagined that everything around you is destroyed... and dust from concrete
reduced visibility to just a few feet. You are in a state of
confusion and panic, you don't know which way is up and down and many
dead bodies laying around as you ventured out to no man's land.

This is a mild and under statement of what occurred and the daily reality of the aftermath in Haiti.

Top 10 Deadliest Earthquakes Since 1900

It could be months before we know the final death toll in Haiti's devastating earthquake, but early estimates indicate it could rank among the deadliest quakes of all time. Within the first 48 hours after the Jan. 12 disaster, the Haitian Red Cross estimated 45,000 to 50,000 deaths, with 3 million either injured or homeless. Those figures are certainly subject to revision as international organizations begin to better access the situation on the ground. Pictured here are survivors and bodies of victims on a street in Port-au-Prince on Jan. 13. If the 50,000 number holds, the Haiti earthquake would rank at No. 10 on the U.S. Geological Survey's list of the deadliest quakes since 1900. No. 1 on that list is the 1976 earthquake in Tangshan, China, with an official casualty figure of 255,000 (but some estimates suggested that as many as 655,000 died). Reaching farther back in time, the deadliest earthquake in recorded history (also in China, in 1556) claimed an estimated 830,000 lives. Not counting the current Haiti incident, here are the top 10 global earthquakes, in terms of deaths, since 1900, according to the USGS. (Photo: UPI-Landov)

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The USGS says this is probably the second-highest death toll from an earthquake in recorded history, with only the 1556 quake in Shansi, China, taking more lives (an estimated 830,000).

2. Sumatra (December 2004)
Deaths: 227,898

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The quake was the third largest in magnitude since 1900, and its resulting tsunami claimed more lives than any other in recorded history. The original death estimate of 286,000 was reduced when Indonesia revised its numbers. The Christmas Tsunami affected 14 countries from South Asia to East Africa. Here, a man offers prayers for the soul of his sister, believed drowned, near Khao Lak, Thailand.

3. Haiyuan, China (December 1920)
Deaths: 200,000

This devastating quake (sometimes called the Gansu earthquake) affected seven provinces and regions, flattening entire cities and burying whole villages.

4. Kanto, Japan (September 1923)
Deaths: 142,800

Often referred to as the Great Tokyo Earthquake, this seismic event and its resulting fires destroyed about half the houses in that city (pictured here). The port city of Yokohama and surrounding prefectures were also severely damaged.

5. Ashgabat, Turkmenistan (October 1948)
Deaths: 110,000

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The lasting impact of this 7.3-magnitude earthquake is clear when you consider that Turkmenistan still marks Oct. 6 as a national holiday in remembrance of the victims. Here, a memorial to the victims in Ashgabat. The quake also took lives and inflicted damage in nearby Iran.

6. Sichuan, China (May 2008)
Deaths: 87,587

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Millions of people in 10 provinces and regions were affected, with at least 5 million left homeless. The loss of thousands of children, who were killed when their schools collapsed, is a lasting image of this event. Pictured here, a mother cries as her child's body is removed from a school. The earthquake was felt as far away as Bangladesh, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam.

7. Northern Pakistan (October 2005)
Deaths: 86,000

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An estimated 4 million were left homeless as the region's brutal winter approached. Here, a father carries his injured child in Balakot. In parts of Kashmir, entire villages were wiped out.

8. Messina, Italy (December 1908)
Deaths: 72,000

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The city of Messina lost more than 40 percent of its population in this quake and the resulting tsunami and fires. Some estimates put the death toll at 110,000. Aftershocks continued until 1913.

9. Chimbote, Peru (May 1970)
Deaths: 70,000

Here, the town of Yungay (population: 20,000) was buried in an avalanche and is now declared a national cemetery.

10. Western Iran (June 1990)
Deaths: 40,000-50,000

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This 7.4-magnitude quake destroyed nearly all buildings in the Rudbar-Manjil area. Here, women in Manjil mourn the loss of relatives. The event was felt in most of northwest Iran and southern Azerbaijan.