A memorial to the China earthquake, which happened on 12 May 2008In recent years, there have been some really big earthquakes.
January 2010: A strong earthquake hit Haiti in the Caribbean. It devastated the country, and it's thought between 100,000 and 200,000 people died. Hundreds of buildings were demolished and 1.5 million people were made homeless.
Troops and aid are being sent in from all around the world to help the people there.
April 2009: Around 150 people are killed in central Italy when an earthquake struck in a city called L'Aquila. More than 50,000 people were left homeless by the quake.
May 2008: Around 87,000 people are thought to have been killed in China by an earthquake in the Sichuan region of the country. As many as five million homes were destroyed in the quake which measured 7.5 on the Richter scale, and was the biggest to strike the country for 30 years.
August 2007: More than 450 people are killed in Peru by a quake measuring 7.9 on the Richter scale.
May 2006: More than 3,000 people are killed by an earthquake that struck the Indonesian island of Java. More than 200,000 people were left without shelter quake, which measured 6.2 on the Richter scale.
December 2004: Some 300,000 people are killed when an earthquake in the Indian Ocean measuring 9.0 on the Richter scale sends huge waves called tsunamis crashing into several Asian countries. The worst countries affected were Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India and Thailand.
December 2003: Over 50,000 people are killed in a quake in Iran, which measured 6.3 on the Richter scale.
May 2003: Over 1,000 people are killed and nearly 7,000 hurt in a quake in Algeria, which measured 6.7 on the Richter scale.
March 2002: Thousands die in a remote area of Afghanistan after an earthquake measuring 6.0 on the Richter scale.
January 2001: 30,000 people die and more than 50,000 are injured by an earthquake measuring 7.9 on the Richter scale in Gujarat, India.
January 2001: 1,000 people die in a 7.2 earthquake in El Salvador.
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