Top 10 Natural Disasters Of All Time

  • 526

    526 Antioch earthquake

    526 Antioch earthquake
    Magnitude 7.0
    250,000 - 300,000 killed
  • Jan 23, 1556

    1556 Shaanxi Earthquake

    1556 Shaanxi Earthquake
    estimated at magnitude 8.
    830,000 killed.
  • 1839 India Cyclone

    1839 India Cyclone
    A deadly tropical storm.
    300,000 killed
  • 1887 Yellow River Flood

    1887 Yellow River Flood
    devastating flood.
    900,000 - 2,000,000 killed.
  • 1920 Haiyuan earthquake

    1920 Haiyuan earthquake
    Earthquake Magnitude 7.8
    273,400 killed.
  • 1931 China Floods

    1931 China Floods
    A series of floods from the Yellow River.
    1,000,000 - 4,000,000 deaths reported
  • 1970 Bhola Cyclone

    1970 Bhola Cyclone
    Deadly tropical storm that hit east Pakistan and India.
    375,000 killed.
  • 1976 Tangshan Earthquake

    1976 Tangshan Earthquake
    Magnitude 7.8 earthquake destroyed the entire city.
    240,000 killed.
  • 2004 Indian Ocean Earthquake and Tsunami

    2004 Indian Ocean Earthquake and Tsunami
    magnitude 9.1
    280,000 killed
  • 2010 Haiti Earthquake

    2010 Haiti Earthquake
    Deadly earthquake struck Haiti. Magintude 3.1
    160,000 killed