Largest
| article | millions of people affected |
location | date | references |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2012 India blackout | 670 | India | 2012-07-30 !30–31 July 2012 | |
| 2005 Java-Bali blackout | 100 | Indonesia | 2005-08-18 !18 Aug. 2005 | |
| 1999 Southern Brazil blackout | 97 | Brazil | 1999-03-11 !11 March 1999 | |
| 2009 Brazil and Paraguay blackout | 87 | Brazil, Paraguay | 2009-11-10 !10–11 Nov. 2009 | |
| Northeast blackout of 2003 | 55 | the United States, Canada | 2003-08-14 !14–15 Aug. 2003 | |
| 2003 Italy blackout | 55 | Italy, Switzerland, Austria, Slovenia, Croatia | 2003-09-28 !28 Sep. 2003 | |
| Northeast blackout of 1965 | 30 | the United States, Canada | 1965-11-09 !9 Nov. 1965 |
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