The number of casualties from earthquakes across the world has been very high during the past two decades. The deadliest earthquake prior to the latest incident was a 7.0-magnitude quake which rocked Haiti in 2010, taking 316,000 lives. A massive undersea earthquake off the coast of Sumatra Island in Indonesia in 2004, which triggered a tsunami, caused 227,898 deaths, making it the second deadliest earthquake. An 8.0-magnitude quake devastated China’s southwest province of Sichuan in 2008 leaving 87,587 people dead or missing.
"... It is only in this way that we can hope to arrive at truth, and fulfill the great responsibility which we hold to God and our country. Should I keep back my opinions at such a time, through fear of giving offense, I should consider myself as guilty of treason towards my country, and of an act of disloyalty toward the Majesty of Heaven, which I revere above all earthly kings."....I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!"
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