The deadliest earthquakes in Asia since 2010

Tuesday's earthquake could be the deadliest in Balochistan since 2010.

QUETTA: Below is a list of the deadliest earthquakes to hit the Asian continent since 2010, after a major quake rocked southwestern Pakistan on Tuesday, killing dozens.

2013

September 24: Pakistan - At least 150 people are killed in an magnitude-7.7 earthquake that struck Pakistan's Balochistan province.

July 22: China - At least 95 are killed and more than 1,400 injured in twin earthquakes in Gansu province in northwestern China. Magnitudes 5.9 and 5.6.

April 20: China - At least 200 people are killed and 13,000 injured when a 6.6-magnitude quake strikes Sichuan province on the edge of the Tibetan Plateau.

April 16: Iran/Pakistan - A 7.8-magnitude quake centred in Iran leaves one dead in Iran and kills 40 across the border in Pakistan's Balochistan.

2012

November 11: Myanmar-- A 6.8-magnitude earthquake strikes Myanmar, leaving 38 dead and missing.

September 7: China - At least 81 people are killed in a series of earthquakes that hit a remote and mountainous area of southwest China on the border of Yunnan and Guizhou provinces.

August 11: Iran - Twin earthquakes with a magnitude 6.3 and 6.4 leave 306 dead and more than 3,000 injured near to the city of Tabriz.

February 6: Philippines - A 6.7-magnitude quake triggers landslides, collapsed homes and kills at least 52 on the heavily populated islands of Negros and Cebu.

2011

October 23: Turkey - An earthquake of 7.2 magnitude rocks eastern Turkey, leaving more than 600 dead and at least 4,150 injured.

September 18: India –Nepal - A 6.9-magnitude earthquake hits northeastern India, rocking neighbouring Nepal: 110 die.

March 24: Myanmar - At least 74 are killed when a 6.8-magnitude earthquake strikes near the border between Thailand and Laos.

March 11: Japan - Nearly 18,900 are killed when a tsunami triggered by an undersea quake slams into the northeast coast, triggering a nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi atomic plant. Magnitude 9.0.

2010

October 25: Indonesia - At least 400 people die after a tsunami triggered by a powerful earthquake of 7.7 magnitude smashes into the remote island chain off western Sumatra.

April 14: China - 3,000 people are left dead and missing after a 6.9 magnitude quake hits Yushu county in Qinghai province.

March 8: Turkey - A magnitude 6.0 quake kills 42 in Elazig province.