|
Year
|
Event
|
Death toll
|
Countries affected
|
Type
|
|
|
1902
|
Eruption of Mount Pelée
|
29,000
|
Martinique
|
Volcanic eruption
|
April 23
|
|
1903
|
Manzikert earthquake
|
3,500
|
Turkey
|
Earthquake
|
April 28
|
|
1904
|
Sinking of the PS General Slocum
|
1,021
|
United States
|
Shipwreck
|
June 15
|
|
1905
|
Kangra earthquake
|
20,000+
|
India
|
Earthquake
|
April 4
|
|
1906
|
Hong Kong typhoon
|
15,000
|
_________
|
Tropical cyclone
|
September 18
|
|
1907
|
Qaratog earthquake
|
12,000–15,000
|
Uzbekistan
|
Earthquake
|
October 21
|
|
1908
|
Messina earthquake
|
75,000–82,000
|
Italy
|
Earthquake
|
December 28
|
|
1909
|
Borujerd earthquake
|
6,000–8,000
|
Iran
|
Earthquake
|
January 23
|
|
1910
|
Costa Rica earthquakes
|
2,450
|
_________
|
Earthquake
|
May 4
|
|
1911
|
Kerman Earthquake
|
700
|
Iran
|
Earthquake
|
April 18
|
|
1912
|
China typhoon
|
50,000–220,000
|
_________
|
Tropical cyclone
|
August 29
|
|
1913
|
Eshan earthquake
|
942-1,900
|
China
|
Earthquake
|
December 21
|
|
1914
|
Burdur earthquake
|
2,344
|
Turkey
|
Earthquake
|
October 4
|
|
1915
|
Avezzano earthquake
|
29,978-32,610
|
Italy
|
Earthquake
|
January 13
|
|
1916
|
White Friday avalanches
|
2,000–10,000
|
Italy
|
Avalanche
|
December 13
|
|
1917
|
Halifax Explosion
|
1,782
|
Canada
|
Explosion
|
December 6
|
|
1918
|
Shantou earthquake
|
1,000
|
China
|
Earthquake
|
February 13
|
|
1919
|
Kelud mudflow
|
5,000
|
Indonesia
|
Volcanic eruption
|
May 19
|
|
1920
|
Haiyuan earthquake
|
258,707–273,407
|
China, Mongolia
|
Earthquake
|
December 16
|
|
1921
|
Sinking of the SS Hong Moh
|
900
|
China
|
Shipwreck
|
March 3
|
|
1922
|
Shantou typhoon
|
50,000–100,000+
|
Philippines, China
|
Tropical cyclone
|
July 27 –August 3
|
|
1923
|
Great Kantō earthquake
|
105,385-142,800
|
Japan
|
Earthquake
|
September 1
|
|
1924
|
Great flood of 99
|
1,000
|
India
|
Flood
|
July
|
|
1925
|
Dali earthquake
|
5,000
|
China
|
Earthquake
|
March 16
|
|
1926
|
Havana–Bermuda hurricane
|
709
|
Cuba, United States, Bahamas, _________
|
Tropical cyclone
|
October 14 –28
|
|
1927
|
Gulang earthquake
|
40,912
|
China
|
Earthquake
|
May 22
|
|
1928
|
Okeechobee hurricane
|
4,112+
|
United States, Puerto Rico, Guadeloupe, Bahamas, Dominica,
|
Tropical cyclone
|
September 12 –21
|
|
1929
|
Kopet Dag earthquake
|
3,257–3,800
|
Iran, Turkmenistan
|
Earthquake
|
May 1
|
|
1930
|
San Zenón hurricane
|
2,000–8,000
|
Dominican Republic
|
Tropical cyclone
|
September 3
|
|
1931
|
China floods
|
422,499–4,000,000
|
_________
|
Flood
|
July – November
|
|
1932
|
Camagüey hurricane
|
3,103+
|
Cayman Islands, Cuba
|
Tropical cyclone
|
November 9
|
|
1933
|
Diexi earthquake
|
6,865–9,300
|
China
|
Earthquake
|
August 25
|
|
1934
|
Nepal–India earthquake
|
10,700–12,000
|
_________
|
Earthquake
|
January 15
|
|
1935
|
Yangtze flood
|
145,000
|
China
|
Flood
|
July 6
|
|
1936
|
Kursha-2 fire
|
1,000+
|
Soviet Union
|
Wildfire
|
August 3
|
|
1937
|
Great Hong Kong typhoon
|
11,021
|
China
|
Tropical cyclone
|
September 2
|
|
1938
|
Yellow River flood
|
400,000–893,303
|
China
|
Flood
|
June
|
|
1939
|
Erzincan earthquake
|
32,700–32,968
|
Turkey
|
Earthquake
|
December 27
|
|
1940
|
Vrancea earthquake
|
1,000
|
Romania
|
Earthquake
|
November 10
|
|
1941
|
Jabal Razih earthquake
|
1,200
|
Yemen
|
Earthquake
|
January 11
|
|
1942
|
West Bengal cyclone
|
61,000
|
India
|
Tropical cyclone
|
October 14 – 18
|
|
1943
|
Tosya–Ladik earthquake
|
2,824-5,000
|
Turkey
|
Earthquake
|
November 27
|
|
1944
|
San Juan earthquake
|
10,000
|
Argentina
|
Earthquake
|
January 15
|
|
1945
|
Balochistan earthquake
|
4,000
|
Pakistan
|
Earthquake
|
November 28
|
|
1946
|
DominicanRepublic earthquake
|
2,550
|
_________
|
Earthquake
|
August 4
|
|
1947
|
Typhoon Kathleen
|
1,077
|
Japan
|
Tropical cyclone
|
September 15
|
|
1948
|
Ashgabat earthquake
|
10,000–110,000
|
Soviet Union, Iran
|
Earthquake
|
October 6
|
|
1949
|
Khait earthquake
|
7,200
|
Tajikistan
|
Earthquake
|
July 10
|
|
1950
|
Assam-Tibet earthquake
|
4,800
|
India, China
|
Earthquake
|
August 15
|
|
1951
|
Manchuria flood
|
4,800
|
China
|
Flood
|
September 18
|
|
1952
|
Severo-Kurilsk earthquake
|
2,336
|
Russia
|
Earthquake
|
November 4
|
|
1953
|
North Sea flood
|
2,551
|
Netherlands, Belgium, England, Scotland
|
Flood
|
January 31–February 1
|
|
1954
|
Yangtze floods
|
33,000
|
China
|
Tropical cyclone
|
June – September
|
|
1955
|
Hurricane Janet
|
1,023+
|
Lesser Antilles, Mexico
|
Tropical cyclone
|
September 22 – 30
|
|
1956
|
Typhoon Wanda
|
4,935
|
China
|
Tropical cyclone
|
August 1
|
|
1957
|
Sangchal earthquake
|
1,500
|
Iran
|
Earthquake
|
July 2
|
|
1958
|
Typhoon Ida
|
1,269
|
Japan
|
Tropical cyclone
|
September 26
|
|
1959
|
Typhoon Vera
|
5,098
|
Japan
|
Tropical cyclone
|
September 26
|
|
1960
|
Severe Cyclonic Storm Ten
|
14,174
|
Bangladesh
|
Tropical cyclone
|
October 31
|
|
1961
|
Cyclone Winnie
|
11,468
|
Bangladesh
|
Tropical cyclone
|
May 6 – 9
|
|
1962
|
Tropical Storm Harriet
|
50,935
|
Thailand, Bangladesh
|
Tropical cyclone
|
October 19 – 31
|
|
1963
|
Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm Two
|
22,000
|
Bangladesh
|
Tropical cyclone
|
May 28
|
|
1964
|
Tropical Storm Joan
|
7,000
|
Vietnam
|
Tropical cyclone
|
November 4 – 11
|
|
1965
|
Bengal cyclones
|
47,000
|
_________
|
Tropical cyclone
|
May 11 – 12 and June 1 – 2
|
|
1966
|
Xingtai earthquakes
|
8,064
|
China
|
Earthquake
|
March 22
|
|
1967
|
Paradip cyclone
|
10,000
|
India
|
Tropical cyclone
|
October 26
|
|
1968
|
Dasht-e Bayaz and Ferdows earthquakes
|
15,000
|
Iran
|
Earthquake
|
August 31
|
|
1969
|
Yangjiang earthquake
|
3,000
|
China
|
Earthquake
|
July 26
|
|
1970
|
Bhola cyclone
|
300,000-500,000
|
India, Bangladesh
|
Tropical cyclone
|
November 13
|
|
1971
|
Hanoi and Red River Delta flood
|
100,000
|
North Vietnam
|
Flood
|
August 1
|
|
1972
|
Qir earthquake
|
5,374
|
Iran
|
Earthquake
|
April 10
|
|
1973
|
Luhuo earthquake
|
2,175–2,204
|
China
|
Earthquake
|
February 6
|
|
1974
|
Hurricane Fifi–Orlene
|
8,210+
|
Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Guatemala, Belize, Mexico
|
Tropical cyclone
|
September 18 – 20
|
|
1975
|
Banqiao Dam Failure / Typhoon Nina
|
26,000-240,000
|
China
|
Dam Failure/Tropical cyclone
|
August 7
|
|
1976
|
Tangshan earthquake
|
242,419–655,000
|
China
|
Earthquake
|
July 28
|
|
1977
|
Andhra Pradesh cyclone
|
10,000–50,000
|
India
|
Tropical cyclone
|
November 19
|
|
1978
|
Tabas earthquake
|
15,000–25,000
|
Iran
|
Earthquake
|
September 16
|
|
1979
|
Machchhu dam failure
|
1,800–25,000
|
India
|
Dam Failure
|
August 11
|
|
1980
|
El Asnam earthquake
|
2,633-5,000
|
Algeria
|
Earthquake
|
October 10
|
|
1981
|
Golbaf earthquake
|
3,000
|
Iran
|
Earthquake
|
June 11
|
|
1982
|
North Yemen earthquake
|
2,800
|
_________
|
Earthquake
|
December 13
|
|
1983
|
Erzurum earthquake
|
1,342
|
Turkey
|
Earthquake
|
October 30
|
|
1984
|
Bhopal Disaster
|
3,787+
|
India
|
Chemical Release
|
2-3 December
|
|
1985
|
Armero tragedy
|
23,000
|
Colombia
|
Volcanic eruption
|
November 13
|
|
1986
|
Lake Nyos disaster
|
1,746
|
Cameroon
|
Limnic eruption
|
August 21
|
|
1987
|
Sinking of the MV Doña Paz
|
4,385
|
Philippines
|
Shipwreck
|
December 20
|
|
1988
|
Armenian earthquake
|
25,000-50,000
|
_________
|
Earthquake
|
December 7
|
|
1989
|
Sichuan flood
|
3,814
|
China
|
Flood
|
July 27
|
|
1990
|
Manjil–Rudbar earthquake
|
35,000-45,000
|
Iran
|
Earthquake
|
June 21
|
|
1991
|
Bangladesh cyclone
|
138,866
|
_________
|
Tropical cyclone
|
April 24 – 30
|
|
1992
|
Flores earthquake and tsunami
|
2,500
|
Indonesia
|
Earthquake, Tsunami
|
December 12
|
|
1993
|
Latur earthquake
|
9,748
|
India
|
Earthquake
|
September 30
|
|
1994
|
Typhoon Fred
|
3,063
|
China, Taiwan
|
Tropical cyclone
|
August 21
|
|
1995
|
Great Hanshin earthquake
|
6,434
|
Japan
|
Earthquake
|
January 17
|
|
1996
|
Andhra Pradesh cyclone
|
1,077
|
India
|
Tropical cyclone
|
November 4 – 7
|
|
1997
|
Tropical Storm Linda
|
3,123
|
Vietnam, Thailand
|
Tropical cyclone, Flood
|
November 1 – 9
|
|
1998
|
Hurricane Mitch
|
11,374
|
Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Guatemala, Belize, Mexico
|
Tropical cyclone
|
October 22 – November 9
|
|
1999
|
Vargas tragedy
|
10,000-30,000
|
Venezuela
|
Mudslide, Flood
|
December 14 – 16
|
|
2000
|
Mozambique flood/Cyclone Leon–Eline
|
700-800+
|
Mozambique, Madagascar, Zimbabwe, South Africa
|
Flood, Tropical Cyclone
|
February – March
|
|
2001
|
Gujarat earthquake
|
13,805–20,023
|
India
|
Earthquake
|
January 26
|
|
2002
|
Sinking of the MV Le Joola
|
1,863
|
Sierra Leone
|
Shipwreck
|
September 26
|
|
2003
|
Bam Earthquake
|
34,000
|
Iran
|
Earthquake
|
December 26
|
|
2004
|
Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
|
227,898
|
Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, Thailand, Maldives, Somalia
|
Earthquake, Tsunami
|
_________
|
|
2005
|
Kashmir earthquake
|
86,000–87,351
|
India, Pakistan
|
Earthquake
|
October 8
|
|
2006
|
Yogyakarta earthquake
|
5,749–5,778
|
Indonesia
|
Earthquake
|
May 26
|
|
2007
|
Cyclone Sidr
|
15,000
|
Bangladesh, India
|
Tropical cyclone
|
November 11 – 16
|
|
2008
|
Cyclone Nargis
|
138,373
|
Myanmar
|
Tropical Cyclone
|
April 27 – May 3
|
|
2009
|
Sumatra earthquakes
|
1,115
|
Indonesia
|
Earthquake
|
September 30
|
|
2010
|
Haiti earthquake
|
100,000–316,000
|
_________
|
Earthquake
|
January 12
|
|
2011
|
Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami
|
19,749
|
Japan
|
Earthquake, Tsunami
|
March 11
|
|
2012
|
Typhoon Bopha
|
1,901
|
Philippines
|
Tropical cyclone
|
December 4 – 5
|
|
2013
|
Typhoon Haiyan
|
6,340
|
Philippines, Vietnam, China
|
Tropical cyclone
|
November 8 – 10
|
|
2014
|
Badakhshan mudslides
|
2,700
|
Afghanistan
|
Landslide
|
May 2
|
|
2015
|
Nepal earthquake
|
8,964
|
India, _________
|
Earthquake
|
April 25
|
|
2016
|
Ecuador Earthquake
|
676
|
_________
|
Earthquake
|
April 16
|
|
2017
|
Hurricane Maria
|
3,059
|
Puerto Rico, Dominica
|
Tropical cyclone
|
September 19 – 21
|
|
2018
|
Sulawesi earthquake and tsunami
|
4,340
|
Indonesia
|
Earthquake, Tsunami
|
September 28
|
|
2019
|
Cyclone Idai
|
1,593
|
Mozambique
|
Tropical Cyclone
|
November 26
|
|
2020
|
Beirut Explosion
|
218
|
Lebanon
|
Explosion
|
August 4
|
|
2021
|
Haiti earthquake
|
2,248
|
_________
|
Earthquake
|
August 14
|
|
2022
|
Afghanistan Earthquake
|
1,052-1,163
|
_________
|
Earthquake
|
June 21
|
|
2023
|
Turkey–Syria earthquakes
|
59,259–62,013
|
_________
|
Earthquake
|
February 6
|
|
2024
|
Wayanad Landslides
|
420
|
India
|
Landslide
|
July 30
|
|
2025
|
Myanmar Earthquake
|
5,456
|
_________
|
Earthquake
|
March 28
|
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