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Ten deadliest natural disasters

Rank Death toll (estimate) Event Location Date

1. 1,000,000–4,000,000*^[1] 1931 China floods China July 1931

2. 900,000–2,000,000^[2] 1887 Yellow River flood China September 1887

3. 830,000^[3] 1556 Shaanxi earthquake China January 23, 1556

4. 300,000^[4] 1839 India cyclone India November 26, 1839

4. 300,000^[5] 1737 Calcutta cyclone India October 7, 1737

5. 280,000 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami Indian Ocean December 26, 2004

6. 273,400^[6] 1920 Haiyuan earthquake China December 16, 1920

7. 250,000–500,000^[1] 1970 Bhola cyclone East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) November 13, 1970

7. 250,000–300,000^[7] 526 Antioch earthquake Byzantine Empire (now Turkey) May 526

8. 242,000–655,000 1976 Tangshan earthquake China July 28, 1976

9. 230,000 1138 Aleppo earthquake Zengid dynasty (now Syria) October 11, 1138

10. 229,000 Typhoon Nina—contributed to Banqiao Dam failure China August 7, 1975

see also : Lists of natural disasters by cause Deadliest earthquakes

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