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East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) November 13, 1970 Port-au-Prince, Haiti India Antioch, Turkey Tangshan, Hebei, China January 12, 2010 November 25, 1839 May 526 July 28, 1976
Haiyuan, Ningxia-Gansu, China December 16, 1920 Sumatra, Indonesia and also affected India, Sri Lanka, Maldives December 26, 2004
* Estimate by Nova's sources are close to 4 million and yet Encarta's sources report as few as 1 million. Expert estimates report wide variance. An alternative listing is given by Hough in his 2008 book Global Security.[6]
Rank 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Maximum Death toll 1450002,500,000 242419-779,000 300000-500,000 92000-316,000 234000 230210+ 142000 138000+ 138000 120000
Event* 1931 China floods 1976 Tangshan earthquake 1970 Bhola cyclone 2010 Haiti earthquake 1920 Haiyuan earthquake 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami China China
Location
East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) November 1970 Haiti China Indonesia January 2010 December 1920 December 2004 September 1923 May 2008 April 1991 October 1948
1923 Great Kanto earthquake Japan 2008 Cyclone Nargis 1991 Bangladesh cyclone 1948 Ashgabat earthquake Myanmar Bangladesh Turkmenistan
Austria-Switzerland 1951 Afghanistan Russia Pakistan United States Canada Canada Turkey Austria 2010 2002 2010 1910 1903 1910 1993 1954
Blizzards
Rank 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Death toll (estimate) 4000 926 400 318 235 199 144 133 112 100 1972 Iran blizzard
Event
2008 Afghanistan blizzard Great Blizzard of 1888 1993 North American Storm Complex Schoolhouse Blizzard Hakko-da Mountains incident Armistice Day Blizzard 2008 Chinese winter storms 1995 Kazakh Blizzard
United States 1888 United States 1993 United States 1888 Japan 1902
Contractible diseases
Pandemics killing at least 1000000 people: Rank 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Death toll (estimate) 100000000 approx. Black Death Event Location Date
Third Pandemic of Bubonic Plague Worldwide Antonine Plague Asian Flu Roman Empire Worldwide
Other deadly communicable diseases. Death counts are historical totals unless indicated otherwise. Rank 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Death toll (estimate) 300000000 approx. 200000000 ? 80000000250000000 40000000100000000 25250000 Disease Smallpox Measles Malaria Tuberculosis AIDS pandemic Notes 1900 to eradication.[8] Declared eradicated May 8, 1980.[9] last 150 years[10] 20th century present 20th century present[10] 1981present.
Cyclones
Location East Pakistan, Pakistan (now Bangladesh) India India China present day Bangladesh Myanmar Bangladesh Bombay, India China India
Date November 13, 1970 November 25, 1839 October 7, 1737 August 7, 1975 October 30, 1876 May 2, 2008 April 29, 1991 1882 August 1, 1922 October 5, 1864
300,000[12] 1737 Calcutta cyclone 210,000 Super Typhoon Ninacontributed to Banqiao Dam failure
200,000[13] Great Backerganj Cyclone of 1876 ~146,000 138,866 100,000 60,000 60,000 Cyclone Nargis 1991 Bangladesh cyclone 1882 Bombay cyclone 1922 Swatow Typhoon 1864 Calcutta Cyclone
Earthquakes
Rank 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. Death toll 830000 242419779,000 316000+ 250000 235502 230210 230000 200000 150000 142000 137000 123000[1] 110000 Event 1556 Shaanxi earthquake 1976 Tangshan earthquake 2010 Haiti earthquake 526 Antioch earthquake 1920 Haiyuan earthquake 2004 Indonesian earthquake 1138 Aleppo earthquake 856 Damghan earthquake 893 Ardabil earthquake 1923 Great Kanto earthquake 1730 Hokkaido earthquake 1908 Messina earthquake 1948 Ashgabat earthquake China China Haiti Antioch, Byzantine Empire (now Turkey) China Indonesia Syria Iran Iran Japan Japan Italy Turkmen SSR, Soviet Union (now Turkmenistan) Location Date January 23, 1556 July 28, 1976 January 12, 2010 May 526 December 16, 1920 December 26, 2004 October 11, 1138 December 22, 856 March 23, 893 September 1, 1923 1730 December 28, 1908 October 5, 1948
5 1290 Chihli earthquake 1755 Lisbon earthquake 1667 Shamakhi earthquake 2005 Kashmir earthquake 1727 Tabriz earthquake 1970 Ancash earthquake 1932 Changma earthquake 2008 Sichuan earthquake 1268 Cilicia earthquake 1693 Sicily earthquake 1935 Balochistan earthquake 1783 Calabrian earthquakes 1990 Manjil-Rudbar earthquake 1999 zmit earthquake China Portugal Azerbaijan Pakistan (disputed region) Iran Peru Gansu, China China Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia (now Turkey) Italy September 27, 1290 November 1, 1755 November 1667 October 8, 2005 November 18, 1727 May 31, 1970 December 25, 1932 May 12, 2008 1268 January 11, 1693
14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42.
100000 100000 100000 79000 77000 70000 70000 68712 (18,392 missing) 60000 60000 60000 50000 50000 45000 40000 40000 40000 32962 30000 30000 28000 26271 25000 23700 23000 22066 20000 20000 19727
British India (now part of Pakistan) May 31, 1935 Italy Iran Turkey 1783 June 21, 1990 August 17, 1999 September 20, 1498 1797 1927 December 26, 1939 May 20, 1202 January 24, 1939 July 10, 1949 December 26, 2003 December 7, 1988 May 27, 1293 February 4, 1976 June 15, 1896 March 26, 1812 April 4, 1905 January 26, 2001
1498 Mei Nankaid earthquake Japan 1797 Riobamba earthquake 1927 Gulang earthquake 1939 Erzincan earthquake 1202 Syria earthquake 1939 Chilln earthquake 1949 Khait earthquake 2003 Bam earthquake 1988 Spitak earthquake 1293 Kamakura earthquake 1976 Guatemala earthquake 1896 Meiji-Sanriku earthquake 1812 Caracas earthquake 1905 Kangra earthquake 2001 Gujarat earthquake Ecuador Gansu, China Turkey Syria Chile Tajikistan Iran Armenia Japan Guatemala Japan Venezuela British India India
6 1970 Tonghai earthquake 1960 Agadir earthquake 1978 Tabas earthquake 1962 Bou'in-Zahra earthquake 1907 Qaratog earthquake 1968 Dasht-e Bayaz and Ferdows earthquake 1934 Bihar earthquake 1985 Mexico City earthquake 1509 Istanbul earthquake 1703 Apennine earthquakes 1703 Genroku earthquake 1854 Ansei-Nankai earthquake 1944 San Juan earthquake China Morocco Iran Iran Tajikistan Iran British India Mexico Istanbul, Ottoman Empire (now Turkey) Italy Japan Japan Argentina January 4, 1970 February 26, 1960 September 16, 1978 September 1, 1962 October 21, 1907 August 31, 1968 January 15, 1934 September 19, 1985 September 10, 1509 1703 December 31, 1703 December 24, 1854 January 15, 1944
43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50. 51. 52. 53. 54. 55.
15621 15000 15000 12225 1200015000 12000 10500 10153 10000 10000 10000 10000 10000[14]
Famines
Please Note: Some of these famines may be partially or completely caused by humans. Death toll Rank 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 8. 8. 11. 11. 15,000,00043,000,000 Great Chinese Famine 24,000,000 19,000,000 15,000,000 13,000,000 10,000,000 7,500,000 7,000,000-10,000,000 5,000,000 5,000,000 3,000,000 3,000,000 Chinese Famine of 1907 Indian Famine Bengal famine of 1770, incl. Bihar & Orissa Northern Chinese Famine Indian Great Famine of 187678 Great European Famine Soviet famine of 19321933 (Holodomor) Chinese Famine of 1936 Russian famine of 1921 Chinese Drought 1941 Chinese Famine of 19281930 China China British India India China India Europe (all) Soviet Union China Russia, Ukraine China China 19581961 1907 18961902 17691771 18761879 18761879 13151317 19321934 1936 19211922 1941 19281930 Event Location Date
7 Russian famine of 16011603 Vietnamese Famine of 1945 Deccan Famine of 163032 Bengal Famine of 1943 North Korean famine Great Irish Famine 19841985 famine in Ethiopia Horn of Africa famine Bangladesh famine of 1974Official records claim 26,000. However, various sources claim about 1,000,000. Finnish famine of 18661868 Russia (Muscovy) Vietnam India India North Korea Ireland Ethiopia Ethiopia, Sudan, Somalia Bangladesh 16011603 19431945 16301630 1943 19961998 18461849 1984 1888 1974
22.
150,000+
5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Heat waves
Rank 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
5,00010,000 1988 United States heat wave United States 1988 1,700 1,500 946 891 739 1980 United States heat wave United States 1980 Southern India heat wave Los Angeles heat wave New York City heat wave 1995 Chicago heat wave India 2003
Limnic eruptions
Rank 1. 2. Death toll 1,746 37 Event Lake Nyos Location Date
Cameroon 1986
Meteorites
Rank 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Death toll 10,000 10 2 2 1 1 1 Location Shansi China Dun-le-Poelier Tunguska Zvezvan Nation China China France Russia Date February 3, 1490 [17] 588 AD January 31, 1879 June 30, 1908
Storms (non-cyclone)
Rank 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Death toll 15,100 1,000 500 250 242 Event Torrential rains and mudslides Rio de Janeiro floods and mudslides Lofoten, Heavy storm Great Lakes Storm of 1913 1996 Amarnath Yatra tragedy Venezuela Brazil Norway United States and Canada (Great Lakes region) India Location Date 1999 2011 1849 1913 1996
9 Trndelag, storm ("Follastormen") Eyemouth, Scotland, storm ("Black Friday") Trndelag, storm ("Titran disaster") Norway United Kingdom Norway 1625 1881 1899 2008 1868
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
2008 Santa Catarina floods and mudslides Brazil Lofoten, storm Norway
Tornadoes
Rank 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 6. 6. 9. 10. Death toll 1,300 923 695 681 600 500 500 500 440 400 Event The Daulatpur-Salturia Tornado 1969 East Pakistan Tornado The Tri-State Tornado 1973 Dhaka Tornado The Valetta, Malta Tornado The Sicily Tornado The Narail-Magura Tornadoes The Comoro Tornado The Tangail Tornado Location Manikganj, Bangladesh East Pakistan, Pakistan (now Bangladesh) United States (MissouriIllinoisIndiana) Bangladesh Malta Sicily, Two Sicilies (now Italy) Jessore, East Pakistan, Pakistan (now Bangladesh) Comoro Bangladesh Date April 26, 1989 1969 March 18, 1925 1973 1551 1851 1964 1951 1988 1984
Tsunami
Death toll 230,210 Event Location Date
Rank 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.
Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, Maldives, Malaysia, Somalia, Bangladesh, Thailand Messina, Italy
1755 Lisbon earthquake/tsunami/fire Portugal, Spain, Morocco, Ireland, and the United Kingdom (Cornwall) Caused by 1883 eruption of Krakatoa Indonesia 1707 Hei earthquake 1826 Japanese earthquake 1868 Arica earthquake/tsunami Tkaid/Nankaido, Japan Japan Arica, Chile
10 1896 Meiji-Sanriku earthquake 1792 Mount Unzen eruption in southwest Kysh /tsunami 1771 Great Yaeyama Tsunami Sanriku, Japan Kysh, Japan Yaeyama, Okinawa, Japan 1896 1792 1771
8. 9. 10.
Volcanic eruptions
Rank 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Death toll 92,000 36,000 33,000 29,000 23,000 15,000 10,000 9,350 6,000 5,115 Event Mount Tambora (see also Year Without a Summer) Krakatoa Mount Vesuvius Mount Pele Nevado del Ruiz (Armero tragedy) Mount Unzen Mount Kelut Laki. Killed about 25% of the population (33% were killed about 70 years before by smallpox) Santa Maria Mount Kelut Location Indonesia Indonesia Pompeii and Herculaneum, Italy Martinique Colombia Japan Indonesia Iceland Guatemala Indonesia Date April 10, 1815 May 2627, 1883 August 24, 79 AD May 7 or May 8, 1902 November 13, 1985 1792 1586 June 8, 1783 1902 May 19, 1919
A supervolcanic eruption at Lake Toba around 74,000 years ago could have wiped out as much as 99% of the global human population, reducing the population from a possible 60 million to less than 10 thousand; see Toba catastrophe theory. However, this theory may not be widely accepted because the evidence could possibly be disputed, and there have been, for instance, no remains found. The eruption is not listed here as it was pre-historic and outside the scope of this article. Also, the Thera eruption in the Aegean Sea between 1550 and 1650 BC may have caused a large number of deaths throughout the region, from Crete to Egypt. See also La Garita Caldera, Yellowstone Caldera, and Supervolcanoes.
1,2002,500 Peshtigo Fire, Wisconsin 1,200 453 418 282 273 240 230 Kursha-2 Fire Cloquet Fire, Minnesota
United States October 8, 1871 Soviet Union August 3, 1936 United States October 12, 1918
Great Hinckley Fire, Minnesota United States September 1, 1894 Thumb Fire, Michigan Matheson Fire, Ontario Sumatra and Kalimantan Fires Landes region United States September 5, 1881 Canada Indonesia France July 29, 1916 1997 1949
11 Black Dragon Fire Black Saturday bushfires Fires of Needle Ridge Black Friday bushfires (1939) China Australia USA Australia May 1987 February 7 March 14, 2009 February 12 April 4, 1980 January 13, 1939
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External links
When Nature Attacks (http://www.newsweek.com/id/135814) Newsweek World's worst natural disasters since 1900 (http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/forcesofnature/ natural-disasters.html) USGS Earthquake Hazards Program (http://neic.usgs.gov/neis/qed/) EM-DAT: The International Disaster Database. (http://www.emdat.be/) Managed by the Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters Emergency Management Australia, Disasters Database Report (http://www.ema.gov.au/EMA\emaDisasters. nsf/)
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