Editing 2000s (section)

==== Earthquakes (including tsunamis) ====
* On January 13, 2001, a [[January 2001 El Salvador earthquake|7.6-magnitude earthquake]] strikes El Salvador, killing 944 people and injuring 5,565 people.
* On January 26, 2001, an [[2001 Gujarat earthquake|earthquake]] hits [[Gujarat]], India, killing more than 12,000.
* On February 28, 2001, the [[2001 Nisqually earthquake|Nisqually earthquake]] hits the Seattle metro area. It caused major damage to the [[Alaskan Way Viaduct|old highway]] standing in the urban center of Seattle.
* On February 13, 2001, a [[February 2001 El Salvador earthquake|6.6-magnitude earthquake]] hits [[El Salvador]], killing at least 400.
* On May 21, 2003, an earthquake in the [[Boumerdès]] region of northern [[Algeria]] kills 2,200.
* On December 26, 2003, the massive [[2003 Bam earthquake]] devastates southeastern [[Iran]]; over 40,000 people are reported killed in the city of [[Bam, Iran|Bam]].
* On December 26, 2004, one of the worst [[natural disaster]]s in recorded history hits southeast Asia, when [[2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami|the largest earthquake in 40 years]] hits the entire Indian Ocean region. The massive 9.3 magnitude earthquake, epicentered just off the west coast of the [[Indonesia]]n island of [[Sumatra]], generates enormous [[tsunami]] waves that crash into the coastal areas of a number of nations including [[Thailand]], India, [[Sri Lanka]], the [[Maldives]], Malaysia, [[Myanmar]], Bangladesh, and [[Indonesia]]. The official death toll from the [[2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami|Boxing Day tsunami]] in the affected countries with over 230,000 people dead.
* On October 8, 2005, the [[2005 Kashmir earthquake]] killed over 80,000 people.
* On May 12, 2008, over 69,000 are killed in central south-west China by the [[2008 Sichuan earthquake|Wenchuan quake]], an earthquake measuring 7.9 on the [[moment magnitude scale]]. The epicenter was {{convert|90|km|mi|sp=us}} west-northwest of the provincial capital [[Chengdu]], Sichuan province.