Year Location Dead Disaster
64 Rome Unknown City fire
365 Crete 50,000 Earthquake
856 Iran 200,000 Earthquake
893 India; Iran 330,000 Earthquake
1138 Egypt; Syria 330,000 Earthquake
1201 Northern Egypt 1,100,000 Earthquake :-o
1268 Cilicia (now Turkey) 60,000 Earthquake
1290 Northeastern China 100,000 Earthquake
1556 Central China 830,000 Earthquake
1667 Caucasus (now Azerbaijan) 80,000 Earthquake
1669 Sicily 20,000 Mount Etna eruption
1693 Sicily 100,000 Earthquake
1703 Honshu, Japan 200,000 Earthquake
1730 Hokkaido, Japan 137,000 Earthquake
1731 Beijing, China 100,000 Earthquake
1737 Calcutta (now Kolkata), India 300,000 Earthquake; tornado
1755 Lisbon, Portugal 60,000 Earthquake
1779 Northern Iran 100,000 Earthquake
1783 Southern Italy 50,000 Earthquake
1815 Sumbawa, Indonesia 92,000 Mount Tambora eruption
1865 Mississippi River 1,653 Ship explosion
1868 Ecuador 70,000 Earthquake
1883 Southwestern Indonesia 36,000 Krakatau eruption; tsunamis
1887 Eastern China 900,000 Huang He River flood
1900 Galveston, Texas 6,000 Hurricane; storm tide
1902 Martinique 38,000 Mount Pelee eruption
1908 Sicily 75,000 Earthquake
1912 North Atlantic 1,500 Sinking of Titanic
1915 Central Italy 29,970 Earthquake
1917 Halifax, Nova Scotia 1,635 Ship explosion
1920 Central China 200,000 Earthquake
1923 Tokyo-Yokohama 142,800 Earthquake; fire; tsunamis
1927 Central China 200,000 Earthquake
1932 Central China 70,000 Earthquake
1935 Western India (now Pakistan) 60,000 Earthquake
1939 Central Chile 30,000 Earthquake
1960 Western Morocco 12,000 Earthquake
1962 Northwestern Iran 10,000 Earthquake
1963 Cuba; Haiti 7,200 Hurricane (Flora)
1968 Northeastern Iran 11,588 Earthquake
1970 Western Peru 66,794 Earthquake; landslide
1970 East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) 266,000 Cyclone; tsunami
1972 Nicaragua 5,000 Earthquake
1976 Guatemala 23,000 Earthquake
1976 Northeastern China 240,000 Earthquake
1977 Canary Islands 583 Airplane collision
1977 Southern India 15,000 Cyclone; tsunami
1978 Eastern Iran 15,000 Earthquake
1980 Northern Algeria 5,000 Earthquake
1984 Bhopal, India 2,800 Poisonous gas leak
1985 Southern Bangladesh 10,000 Cyclone; tsunami
1985 Central Japan 520 Airplane crash
1985 Central Mexico 7,200 Two earthquakes
1985 Western Colombia 25,000 Nevado del Ruiz eruption; mudslide
1987 Mindoro Strait, Philippines 1,840 Ship collision; fire
1988 Armenia 25,000 Earthquake
1990 Northwestern Iran 40,000 Earthquake
1991 Southern Bangladesh 138,000 Cyclone; tsunami
1993 Central India 9,750 Earthquake
1995 Japan 5,500 Earthquake
1998 Central America 11,000 Hurricane (Mitch)
1999 Northwestern Turkey 17,000 Earthquake
1999 Eastern India 9,615 Cyclone
1999 Venezuela 30,000 Landslide
2001 Western India 20,000 Earthquake
2003 Southeastern Iran 30,000 Earthquake
2004 Southern Asia; eastern Africa 140,0001 Earthquake; tsunami
64 Rome Unknown City fire
365 Crete 50,000 Earthquake
856 Iran 200,000 Earthquake
893 India; Iran 330,000 Earthquake
1138 Egypt; Syria 330,000 Earthquake
1201 Northern Egypt 1,100,000 Earthquake :-o
1268 Cilicia (now Turkey) 60,000 Earthquake
1290 Northeastern China 100,000 Earthquake
1556 Central China 830,000 Earthquake
1667 Caucasus (now Azerbaijan) 80,000 Earthquake
1669 Sicily 20,000 Mount Etna eruption
1693 Sicily 100,000 Earthquake
1703 Honshu, Japan 200,000 Earthquake
1730 Hokkaido, Japan 137,000 Earthquake
1731 Beijing, China 100,000 Earthquake
1737 Calcutta (now Kolkata), India 300,000 Earthquake; tornado
1755 Lisbon, Portugal 60,000 Earthquake
1779 Northern Iran 100,000 Earthquake
1783 Southern Italy 50,000 Earthquake
1815 Sumbawa, Indonesia 92,000 Mount Tambora eruption
1865 Mississippi River 1,653 Ship explosion
1868 Ecuador 70,000 Earthquake
1883 Southwestern Indonesia 36,000 Krakatau eruption; tsunamis
1887 Eastern China 900,000 Huang He River flood
1900 Galveston, Texas 6,000 Hurricane; storm tide
1902 Martinique 38,000 Mount Pelee eruption
1908 Sicily 75,000 Earthquake
1912 North Atlantic 1,500 Sinking of Titanic
1915 Central Italy 29,970 Earthquake
1917 Halifax, Nova Scotia 1,635 Ship explosion
1920 Central China 200,000 Earthquake
1923 Tokyo-Yokohama 142,800 Earthquake; fire; tsunamis
1927 Central China 200,000 Earthquake
1932 Central China 70,000 Earthquake
1935 Western India (now Pakistan) 60,000 Earthquake
1939 Central Chile 30,000 Earthquake
1960 Western Morocco 12,000 Earthquake
1962 Northwestern Iran 10,000 Earthquake
1963 Cuba; Haiti 7,200 Hurricane (Flora)
1968 Northeastern Iran 11,588 Earthquake
1970 Western Peru 66,794 Earthquake; landslide
1970 East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) 266,000 Cyclone; tsunami
1972 Nicaragua 5,000 Earthquake
1976 Guatemala 23,000 Earthquake
1976 Northeastern China 240,000 Earthquake
1977 Canary Islands 583 Airplane collision
1977 Southern India 15,000 Cyclone; tsunami
1978 Eastern Iran 15,000 Earthquake
1980 Northern Algeria 5,000 Earthquake
1984 Bhopal, India 2,800 Poisonous gas leak
1985 Southern Bangladesh 10,000 Cyclone; tsunami
1985 Central Japan 520 Airplane crash
1985 Central Mexico 7,200 Two earthquakes
1985 Western Colombia 25,000 Nevado del Ruiz eruption; mudslide
1987 Mindoro Strait, Philippines 1,840 Ship collision; fire
1988 Armenia 25,000 Earthquake
1990 Northwestern Iran 40,000 Earthquake
1991 Southern Bangladesh 138,000 Cyclone; tsunami
1993 Central India 9,750 Earthquake
1995 Japan 5,500 Earthquake
1998 Central America 11,000 Hurricane (Mitch)
1999 Northwestern Turkey 17,000 Earthquake
1999 Eastern India 9,615 Cyclone
1999 Venezuela 30,000 Landslide
2001 Western India 20,000 Earthquake
2003 Southeastern Iran 30,000 Earthquake
2004 Southern Asia; eastern Africa 140,0001 Earthquake; tsunami