Ten Deadliest Natural Disasters
| Rank | Death toll (estimate) | Event | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 700710000000000000010,000,000 | 1770 Bengal Famine | Bengal, India | 01770 !1770 |
| 2 | 7005150000000000000150,000–4,000,000* | 1931 China floods | China | 01931 !July, November, 1931 |
| 3 | 7005900000000000000900,000–2,000,000 | 1887 Yellow River flood | China | 01887 !September, October, 1887 |
| 4 | 7005830000000000000830,000 | 1556 Shaanxi earthquake | Shaanxi Province, China | 01556 !January 23, 1556 |
| 5 | 7005500000000000000500,000 | 1970 Bhola cyclone | East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) | 01970-11-13November 13, 1970 |
| 6 | 7005316000000000000316,000 | 2010 Haiti earthquake | Haiti | 02010-01-12January 12, 2010 |
| 7 | 7005300000000000000300,000 | 1839 India Cyclone | India | 01839 !November 25, 1839 |
| 8 | 7005273400000000000273,400 | 1920 Haiyuan earthquake | China | 01920-12-16December 16, 1920 |
| 9 | 7005260000000000000260,000 | 115 Antioch earthquake | Syria | 00115-12-13December 13, 115 |
| 10 | 7005250000000000000250,000–300,000 | 526 Antioch earthquake | Antioch, Byzantine Empire (now Turkey) | 00526-05-01May 526 |
* Estimate by Nova's sources are close to 4 million and yet Encarta's sources report as few as 1 million. Expert estimates report wide variance.
An alternative listing is given by Hough in his 2008 book Global Security.
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