Top 10 Natural Disasters Of All Time

526 Antioch earthquake

526

Magnitude 7.0
250,000 - 300,000 killed

1556 Shaanxi Earthquake

Jan 23, 1556

estimated at magnitude 8.
830,000 killed.

1839 India Cyclone

Nov 25, 1839

A deadly tropical storm.
300,000 killed

1887 Yellow River Flood

Sep 1, 1887

devastating flood.
900,000 - 2,000,000 killed.

1920 Haiyuan earthquake

Dec 16, 1920

Earthquake Magnitude 7.8
273,400 killed.

1931 China Floods

Jul 24, 1931

A series of floods from the Yellow River.
1,000,000 - 4,000,000 deaths reported

1970 Bhola Cyclone

Nov 3, 1970

Deadly tropical storm that hit east Pakistan and India.
375,000 killed.

1976 Tangshan Earthquake

Jul 28, 1976

Magnitude 7.8 earthquake destroyed the entire city.
240,000 killed.

2004 Indian Ocean Earthquake and Tsunami

Dec 26, 2004

magnitude 9.1
280,000 killed

2010 Haiti Earthquake

Jan 12, 2010

Deadly earthquake struck Haiti. Magintude 3.1
160,000 killed