Less Than 70 Fatalities
| Year | Type | Fatalities | Damage (US$) | Article | Location | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1936 | Flood | 69 | $3,000,000,000 (2006) |
Pittsburgh Flood 1936 | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania area | |
| 1989 | Earthquake | 69 | $6,000,000,000 (1989) |
Loma Prieta Earthquake | San Francisco Bay Area, California | |
| 1994 | Accident - Aircraft | 68 | American Eagle Flight 4184 | Roselawn Indiana | ||
| 1888 | Accident - Railroad | 66 | Mud Run Disaster | Eastern Pennsylvania | ||
| 1955 | Accident - Aircraft | 66 | United Airlines Flight 409 | Medicine Bow Peak, Wyoming | ||
| 1971 | Earthquake | 65 | $500,000,000 | Sylmar earthquake | Greater Los Angeles, California area | |
| 1959 | Accident - Aircraft | 65 | American Airlines Flight 320 | New York City, New York | ||
| 1903 | Accident - Railroad | 64 | Connellsville train wreck | Connellsville, Pennsylvania | ||
| 1983 | Terrorism | 64 | 1983 United States embassy bombing | Beirut, Lebanon | ||
| 1960 | Accident - Aircraft | 63 | Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 710 | Tell City, Indiana | Wing failure resulting from freak vibrations in clear weather turbulence was the probable cause. | |
| 1963 | Fire (building) | 63 | Golden Age Nursing Home fire | Fitchville, Ohio | ||
| 1960 | Accident - Aircraft | 62 | Eastern Air Lines Flight 375 | Boston, Massachusetts | ||
| 1960 | Tsunami | 61 | $500,000 (2005) |
Great Chilean Earthquake | Hawaii, Alaska | 2,290 to 6,600 killed and $3,500,000,000 (2005) in damage worldwide. 61 killed in Hilo, Hawaii. $500,000 in U.S. property damage |
| 1944 | Military Aircraft, Accident | 61 | Freckleton Air Disaster | Freckleton, England | An American United States Army Air Force Consolidated B-24 Liberator heavy bomber crashed into the centre of the village of Freckleton. It crashed into a church, 3 houses, and a pub. 38 children were killed. | |
| 1864 | Accident - Railroad | 60+ | Shohola train wreck | Shohola, Pennsylvania | ||
| 1856 | Accident - Railroad | 59-67 | The Great Train Wreck of 1856 | Ft. Washington, Pennsylvania | ||
| 2008 | Tornado outbreak | 59 | 2008 Super Tuesday tornado outbreak | Tennessee, Arkansas, Kentucky, Alabama, and Illinois | ||
| 1965 | Accident - Aircraft | 58 | American Airlines Flight 383 | Cincinnati, Ohio | ||
| 1980 | Volcano | 57 | 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens | Washington State | ||
| 1994 | Earthquake | 57 | $23,000,000,000 | Northridge Earthquake | Greater Los Angeles area | |
| 1904 | Accident - Railroad | 56 | New Market train wreck | New Market, Tennessee | ||
| 1906 | Accident - Railroad | 53 | 1906 Atlantic City train wreck | Atlantic City, New Jersey | ||
| 1906 | Accident - Railroad | 53 | 1906 Washington DC train wreck | Washington, District of Columbia | ||
| 1910 | Accident Railroad | 52 | Green Mountain train wreck | Green Mountain, Iowa | ||
| 1947 | Accident - Aircraft | 52 | United Airlines Flight 608 | Bryce Canyon, Utah | ||
| 1956 | Accident - Shipwreck | 51 | SS Andrea Doria, MS Stockholm | Off the coast of Nantucket | ||
| 1978 | Accident - Construction | 51 | Willow Island disaster | Willow Island, West Virginia | Scaffolding fell 166' with insufficiently cured concrete | |
| 1925 | Accident - Railroad | 50 | Rockport train wreck | Hackettstown, New Jersey | ||
| 1896 | Accident - Railroad | 50 | 1896 Atlantic City rail crash | Atlantic City, New Jersey | ||
| 1993 | Flood | 50 | $15,000,000,000 | Great Flood of 1993 | Midwest | |
| 2009 | Accident - Aircraft | 50 | Colgan Air Flight 3407 | Clarence Center, New York | ||
| 1989 | Tropical cyclone | 49 | $7,000,000,000 (1989) |
Hurricane Hugo | Caribbean and Eastern North America. | Damage figure for U.S. only. At least 111 total deaths, with 37 in the continental U.S., as far north as Michigan, and 12 in the U.S. possession of Puerto Rico. |
| 2004 | Tropical cyclone | 49 | $9,000,000,000 | Hurricane Frances | Florida | |
| 2006 | Accident - Aircraft | 49 | Comair Flight 5191 | Lexington, Kentucky | ||
| 1917 | Accident - Railroad | 49 | Shepherdsville train wreck | Shepherdsville, Kentucky | ||
| 1867 | Accident - Railroad | 49 | Angola Horror | Angola, New York | ||
| 1999 | Tornado outbreak | 48 | $1,500,000,000 (2005) |
1999 Oklahoma tornado outbreak | Oklahoma, Kansas, Texas, Tennessee | 66 tornadoes |
| 1853 | Accident - Railroad | 48 | Norwalk rail accident | Norwalk, Connecticut | ||
| 1958 | Accident - Railroad | 48 | Newark Bay, New Jersey rail accident | Newark Bay, New Jersey | ||
| 1944 | Accident - Railroad | 48 | Bagley train wreck | west of Ogden, Utah | ||
| 1938 | Accident - Railroad | 47 | Custer Creek train wreck | Saugus, Montana | ||
| 1944 | Accident - Railroad | 47 | Stockton train wreck | Stockton, Georgia | ||
| 1993 | Accident - Railroad | 47 | Big Bayou Canot train disaster | Mobile, Alabama | Deadliest train crash in Amtrak history. | |
| 2011 | Tropical cyclone | 47 | $15,800,000,000 (2011) |
Hurricane Irene | Caribbean, East Coast of the United States, Eastern Canada | 47 fatalities in U.S. with 10 additional fatalities elsewhere. |
| 1967 | Accident - Bridge collapse | 46 | Silver Bridge - over the Ohio River | Point Pleasant, West Virginia
Gallipolis, Ohio |
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| 1972 | Accident - Railroad | 45 | 1972 Chicago commuter rail crash | Chicago, Illinois | ||
| 1927 | Terrorism | 45 | Bath School Disaster | Bath Township, Michigan | ||
| 1955 | Accident - Aircraft | 44 | United Airlines Flight 629 | Longmont, Colorado | ||
| 1940 | Accident - Railroad | 43 | Doodlebug Disaster | Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio | ||
| 2011 | Tornado outbreak | 43 | April 14–16, 2011 tornado outbreak | Oklahoma, Texas, Kansas, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, Missouri, Louisiana, Illinois, Kentucky, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Maryland and Pennsylvania | 162 tornadoes | |
| 1989 | Accident - Bridge collapse | 42 | Cypress Street viaduct | Oakland, California | ||
| 2001 | Tropical cyclone | 41 | $5,500,000,000 | Tropical Storm Allison | Texas,
Louisiana, and Pennsylvania |
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| 1859 | Bridge washout | 41 | Springbrook Bridge washout | South Bend, Indiana | ||
| 1968 | Natural Gas Explosion | 41 | Richmond, Indiana explosion | Richmond, Indiana | ||
| 1977 | Accident - Dam failure | 39 | Kelly Barnes Dam | Toccoa, Georgia | ||
| 1997 | Mass suicide | 39 | Heaven's Gate (religious group) | San Diego, California | Cult Leaders Marshall Applewhite and Bonnie Nettles convinced followers they would join Comet Hale-Bopp to take them to another planet by swallowing poison. | |
| 1912 | Accident - Railroad | 39 | Corning train wreck | Corning, New York | ||
| 1969 | Accident - Aircraft | 38 | United Airlines Flight 266 | Santa Monica Bay, California | ||
| 1883 | Tornado | 37 | $700,000 (1883) | 1883 Rochester Tornado | Rochester, Minnesota | F5 tornado killed 37 and injured hundreds more. It lead to the creation of the Mayo Clinic. |
| 1937 | Accident - Aircraft | 36 | Hindenburg disaster | Manchester, New Jersey | Hydrogen-filled zeppelin | |
| 1969 | Accident - Aircraft | 35 | Hawthorne Nevada Airlines Flight 708 | Lone Pine, California | ||
| 1980 | Ship collision | 35 | Sunshine Skyway Bridge | St. Petersburg, Florida | ||
| 1967 | Accident - Aircraft | 34 | Mohawk Airlines Flight 40 | Blossburg, Pennsylvania | ||
| 2007 | Mass murder | 33 | Virginia Tech massacre | Blacksburg, Virginia | ||
| 1973 | Fire (building) | 32 | Upstairs Lounge | New Orleans, Louisiana | ||
| 2009 | Tsunami | 31 | 2009 Samoa earthquake | American Samoa and nearby islands | 189 total deaths, with 31 in American Samoa. | |
| 1855 | Bridge - Accident | 31 | Gasconade Bridge train disaster | Gasconade, Missouri | ||
| 1923 | Accident - Railroad | 30 | Glenrock train wreck | Meadow Acres, Wyoming | ||
| 1887 | Structural failure | 30 | The Forest Hills Disaster | Boston, Massachusetts | ||
| 1998 | Blizzard | 30 | North American ice storm of 1998 | Canada and Northeast | ||
| 1956 | Accident - Railroad | 30 | Redondo Junction train wreck | Los Angeles, California | ||
| 1971 | Accident - Explosion | 29 | Thiokol-Woodbine Explosion | Woodbine, Georgia | ||
| 1975 | Shipwreck | 29 | Wreck of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald | Lake Superior | ||
| 1976 | Accident - school bus | 29 | Yuba City bus disaster | Martinez, California | Deadliest road accident in U.S. history | |
| 1977 | Accident - Aircraft | 29 | University of Evansville basketball team charter crash | Evansville, Indiana | The University of Evansville basketball team was traveling to Middle Tennessee State University when the plane crashed 90 seconds after takeoff from Dress Regional Airport. | |
| 1990 | Tornado | 29 | $160,000,000 | 1990 Plainfield tornado | Plainfield, Illinois
Crest Hill, Illinois |
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| 1871 | Accident - Railroad | 29 | Great Revere Train Wreck of 1871 | Revere, Massachusetts | ||
| 2010 | Accident - Coal mine | 29 | Upper Big Branch Mine disaster | Montcoal, West Virginia | ||
| 2012 | Mass murder | 28 | Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting | Sandy Hook, Connecticut | ||
| 1951 | Flood | 28 | $7,000,000,000 (2005) |
Great Flood of 1951 | Kansas
Missouri |
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| 1958 | Accident - school bus | 27 | Prestonsburg, Kentucky bus disaster | Prestonsburg, Kentucky | ||
| 1988 | Accident - school bus | 27 | Carrollton bus disaster | Carrollton, Kentucky | ||
| 1970 | Tornado | 26 | $1,411,900,000 (2008) |
Lubbock Tornado | Lubbock, Texas | F5 tornado killed 26 and wounded approximately 500 |
| 2008 | Accident - Railroad | 26 | 2008 Chatsworth train collision | Chatsworth, California | ||
| 1991 | Fire (building) | 25 | Hamlet chicken processing plant fire | Hamlet, North Carolina | Workers trapped behind locked doors | |
| 1991 | Fire (rural) | 25 | $1,500,000,000 | 1991 Oakland firestorm | Oakland, California and vicinity | |
| 2005 | Tornado | 25 | $92,000,000 | Evansville Tornado of November 2005 | Missouri, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio | 7 tornadoes |
| 1991 | Mass murder | 24 | Luby's massacre | Killeen, Texas | 23 Murdered, Gunman committed suicide | |
| 1887 | Bridge Railroad | 24 | Forest Hills disaster | Boston, Massachusetts | ||
| 2005 | Accident - bus | 24 | Wilmer, Texas | carrying elderly, fleeing hurricane | ||
| 1692 | Mass hysteria
Execution Neglect |
24 | Salem witch trials | Salem, Massachusetts | 21 Executed for "Witchcraft," 3 died in jail due to neglect. | |
| 1919 | Accident - Railroad | 23 | Onawa train wreck | Onawa, Maine | ||
| 1977 | Blizzard | 23 | $56,250,000 (1977) |
Great Lakes Blizzard of 1977 | New York
Ontario |
The brunt of the blizzard was centered around Buffalo. |
| 1989 | Accident - Explosion | 23 | $1,415,000,000 (1990) |
Phillips Disaster | Pasadena, Texas | 314 people injured |
| 1959 | Explosion - Fire | 23 | Meldrim, Georgia trestle disaster | Meldrim, Georgia | ||
| 1992 | Tropical cyclone | 23 | $25,000,000,000 | Hurricane Andrew | Florida
Louisiana |
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| 1983 | Accident - Aircraft | 23 | Air Canada Flight 797 | Cincinnati, Ohio | ||
| 1999 | Accident - tour bus | 22 | New Orleans, Louisiana | plunged over embankment, carrying senior citizens from casino | ||
| 1980 | Accident - tour bus | 22 | Jasper, Arkansas | |||
| 1960 | Accident - Aircraft | 22 | Cal Poly football team plane crash | Toledo, Ohio | ||
| 1910 | Fire, Structural failure | 21 | Chicago Union Stock Yards fire | Chicago, Illinois | ||
| 1986 | Accident - tour bus | 21 | Walker, California | |||
| 1915 | Fire (building) | 21 | St. Johns School Fire | Peabody, Massachusetts | Schoolgirls trapped behind exit door; resulted in first city law requiring that exit doors open outward | |
| 1919 | Accident - Explosion | 21 | $6,600,000,000 (2005) |
Boston molasses disaster | Boston, Massachusetts | Damages are out-of-court settlements only; repairs took 133 man-months |
| 2010 | Flood | 20 | June 2010 Arkansas floods | Albert Pike Recreational Area (near Langley, Arkansas) | ||
| 2005 | Accident - Shipwreck | 20 | Ethan Allen boating accident | Lake George, New York | ||
| 1872 | Fire (urban conflagration) | 20 | $73,500,000 (1872) |
Great Boston Fire of 1872 | Boston, Massachusetts | |
| 1897 | Accident - Railroad | 19 | Garrison train crash | Garrison, New York | ||
| 1944 | Accident - Aircraft | 19 | Long Creek Air Disaster | South Portland, Maine | ||
| 1861 | Accident - Railroad | 17 to 20 | Platte Bridge Railroad Tragedy | St. Joseph, Missouri | ||
| 1903 | Accident - Railroad | 17 | Purdue Wreck | Indianapolis, Indiana | ||
| 1991 | Accident - Automobile | 17 | Coalinga, California Dust Storm Accident | Coalinga, California | ||
| 1987 | Accident - Railroad | 17 | 1987 Maryland train collision | Chase, Maryland | ||
| 1978 | Accident - Railroad | 16 | Waverly, Tennessee tank car explosion | Waverly, Tennessee | an additional 43 injured | |
| 1926 | Tornado | 16 | La Plata Tornado of 1926 | La Plata, Maryland | 13 killed in La Plata Elementary School | |
| 1966 | Mass murder | 15 | University of Texas Massacre | Austin, Texas | ||
| 2011 | Accident - tour bus | 15 | World Wide Tours bus crash | Bronx, New York | en route to Connecticut casino, March 12 | |
| 1999 | Mass murder | 15 | Columbine High School massacre | Jefferson County, Colorado | ||
| 1954 | Fire (building) | 15 | Cleveland Hill Middle School Fire | Cheektowaga, New York | ||
| 2002 | Automobile accident | 14 | I-40 bridge disaster | Webbers Falls, Oklahoma | ||
| 1982 | Bridge - Accident | 14 | Cline Avenue Bridge collapse | East Chicago, Indiana | ||
| 1942 | Accident - Railroad | 14 | Ambassador - Cleveland Express rail collision | Dickerson, Maryland | Worst accident in B&O railroad's history | |
| 2007 | Fire | 14 | California wildfires of October 2007 | California | Large fires burnt out of control across southern California, fueled by unusually strong Santa Ana Winds; worst around San Diego; caused evacuation of over one million people. Most fires accidental; some suspected arson. | |
| 2002 | Accident - van | 14 | Saint John River, Maine | |||
| 1973 | Accident | 14 | Skyline Towers collapse | Bailey's Crossroads, Virginia | 74 others injured | |
| 1935 | Bus accident | 14 | Appomatox River Drawbridge accident | Hopewell, Virginia | Bus drove across drawbridge when it was open. | |
| 2006 | Accident - Coal mine | 13 | Sago Mine disaster | Sago, West Virginia | ||
| 2001 | Accident - Mine disaster | 13 | Jim Walter Resources Mine Disaster | Brookwood, Alabama | ||
| 1963 | Accident - bus | 13 | Hole in the Rock Trail, Utah | Bus carrying Boy Scouts overturned climbing steep hill. | ||
| 2009 | Mass murder | 13 | Fort Hood shooting | Fort Hood, Texas | ||
| 1905 | Accident - Railroad | 13 | Ninth Avenue derailment | New York City, New York | ||
| 2007 | Accident - Bridge Collapse | 13 | $5,000,000 | I-35W Mississippi River bridge Collapse | Minneapolis, Minnesota | Collapsed on August 1 at 6:05 PM during rush hour while resurfacing in progress. An additional 111+ injured. |
| 1940 | Automobile accident | 12 | Two-car collision | Slayton, Minnesota | The deadliest two-car auto crash in U.S. history at the time. | |
| 1959 | Accident - Coal mine | 12 | Knox Mine Disaster | Pittston, Pennsylvania | ||
| 2012 | Mass Murder | 12 | 2012 Aurora shooting | Aurora, Colorado | 56 others were injured. | |
| 1999 | Accident - Railroad | 11 | 1999 Bourbonnais, Illinois train accident | Bourbonnais, Illinois | ||
| 2010 | Accident - Explosion | 11 | Deepwater Horizon explosion | Southeast of Louisiana coast | Caused by a blowout on April 20. 17 injuries. Subsequent oil spill regarded as worst environmental disaster in US history. | |
| 2003 | Accident - Shipwreck | 11 | 2003 Staten Island Ferry crash | New York City, New York | ||
| 1976 | Accident - Dam failure | 11 | $400,000,000 | Teton Dam | Idaho | |
| 2011 | Accident - Airshow | 11 | 2011 Reno Air Races crash | Reno, Nevada | At least 70 people injured in the disaster. Third-deadliest airshow disaster in U.S. history. | |
| 2005 | Accident - Railroad | 11 | 2005 Glendale train crash | Los Angeles, California | ||
| 1999 | Accident - Aircraft | 11 | American Airlines Flight 1420 | Little Rock, Arkansas | ||
| 1996 | Accident - Railroad | 11 | 1996 Silver Spring, Maryland train collision | Silver Spring, Maryland | ||
| 1979 | Stampede | 11 | Riverfront Coliseum | Cincinnati, Ohio | The Who rock concert | |
| 1977 | Accident - Railroad | 11 | Chicago Loop derailment | Chicago, Illinois | ||
| 2004 | Tropical cyclone | 10 | $15,000,000,000 | Hurricane Charley | Florida | |
| 1957 | Tornado | 10 | $25,883,000 | 1957 Fargo tornado | Fargo, North Dakota | |
| 1972 | Bridge - Accident | 10 | Sidney Lanier Bridge collapse | Brunswick, Georgia | ||
| 1972 | Accident - Aircraft | 10 | 1972 Chicago-O'Hare runway collision | Chicago, Illinois | ||
| 1987 | Bridge - Accident | 10 | Schoharie Creek Bridge Collapse | Fort Hunter, New York | ||
| 1858 | Structural failure - Bridge | 9 | Sauquoit Bridge Collapse | Sauquoit, New York | ||
| 1888 | Accident - Railroad | 9 | Wreck at the Fat Nancy | Orange County, Virginia | ||
| 2005 | Accident - Railroad | 9 | Graniteville, South Carolina train crash | Graniteville, South Carolina | ||
| 1903 | Accident - Railroad | 9 | Wreck of the Old 97 | Danville, Virginia | ||
| 2007 | Fire (Building) | 9 | Charleston Sofa Super Store Fire | Charleston, South Carolina | A flashover and structural collapse contributed to the deaths of nine Charleston firefighters. | |
| 2007 | Accident - Coal mine | 9 | Crandall Canyon Mine Collapse | Huntington, Utah | Original collapse on August 6 at 2:48 AM MDT, 6 miners missing. On August 16 at 6:30 PM MDT, 9 rescue workers caught in second collapse while trying to get to trapped miners. Three rescue workers pronounced dead; other 6 injured. | |
| 2009 | Accident - Railroad | 9 | Washington Metro subway train collision | Washington, District of Columbia | Approximately 80 injuries; deadliest subway train accident US history | |
| 2012 | Fire - Building | 9 | 2012 Charleston house fire | Charleston, West Virginia | 1 injured | |
| 2009 | Accident - Automobile, Driving under the influence | 8 | 2009 Taconic State Parkway crash | Mount Pleasant, New York | 3 Additional Injuries | |
| 1984 | Fire - Building | 8 | Haunted Castle fire at Six Flags Great Adventure | Jackson Township, New Jersey | ||
| 1982 | Mass murder | 8 | Post Family Murders | Farwell, Michigan | ||
| 1996 | Flood | 8 | $500,000,000 | Willamette Valley Flood of 1996 | Washington, Oregon, Idaho, California | |
| 1989 | Bridge collapse | 8 | Hatchie River Bridge Collapse | Memphis, Tennessee | ||
| 2001 | Structural failure | 8 | Queen Isabella Causeway collapse | Cameron County, Texas | ||
| 1982 | Mass murder - Poisoning | 7 | Chicago Tylenol murders | Chicago, Illinois | Investigation still underway, as of 2012 | |
| 2012 | Mass murder-
School shooting |
7 | Oikos University shooting | Oakland, California | ||
| 1976 | Mass murder-
School shooting |
7 | California State University, Fullerton massacre | Fullerton, California | ||
| 1922 | Accident - Railroad | 7 | 1922 Winslow Junction Train Derailment | Winslow, Arizona | ||
| 1995 | Bridge - Accident | 7 | Coalinga, California | |||
| 1983 | Fire - Explosion | 7 | Propane explosion 12/27/83 | Buffalo, New York | Blast killed 5 fireman and 2 civilians | |
| 1901 | Fire (urban conflagration) | 7 | Great Fire of 1901 | Jacksonville, Florida | ||
| 2011 | Accident - collapse | 7 | Indiana State Fair stage collapse | Indianapolis, Indiana | 43 injured | |
| 1986 | Explosion Space Shuttle | 7 | Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster | Kennedy Space Center, Florida | The first in-flight deaths in the U.S. Space Program | |
| 2003 | Explosion Space Shuttle | 7 | Space Shuttle Columbia Disaster | Texas, Louisiana | ||
| 1987 | Mass murder | 6 | The Flint Crack Murders | Flint, Michigan | ||
| 2011 | Mass murder | 6 | 2011 Tucson Shooting | Arizona | Attempted assassination of US representative Gabrielle Giffords. Among the fatalities is the Chief Judge for the US district court of Arizona John Roll | |
| 1999 | Fire (Building) | 6 | Worcester Cold Storage Warehouse fire | Worcester, Massachusetts | Six firefighters lost their lives while searching for two homeless victims, they are now commonly referred to as the Worcester 6 | |
| 1974 | Mass murder | 6 | "The Amityville murders" committed by Ronald DeFeo, Jr. | Amityville, New York | "Butch" DeFeo told investigators that "voices" told him to kill his parents Louise and Ronald, Sr., and his siblings Dawn, Allison, Marc, and John Matthew. All the children were 18 and younger. The murders were exploited and fictionalized and later turned into a novel by Jay Anson called "The Amityville Horror" which was later turned into a popular movie. | |
| 1995 | Flood | 6 | $1,360,000,000 | May 8th 1995 Louisiana Flood | New Orleans, Louisiana area | |
| 1993 | Terrorism | 6 | 1993 World Trade Center bombing | New York City, New York | at least 1,042 injured | |
| 1863 | Mass murder | 5 | Wiseman Massacre | Wynot, Nebraska | ||
| 1946 | Bridge failure
Accident - Maritime |
5 | John P. Grace Memorial Bridge Disaster | Charleston, South Carolina | ||
| 2001 | Bioterrorism | 5 | 2001 anthrax attacks | New York City, New York
Boca Raton, Florida Washington, District of Columbia |
17 Others Infected | |
| 2010 | Accident - Explosion | 5 | 2010 Connecticut power plant explosion | Middletown, Connecticut | 12 or more injuries | |
| 1959 | Accident - Aircraft | 4 | The Day the Music Died | Clear Lake, Iowa | Musicians Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson were killed along with their pilot ]] | |
| 1970 | Direct action (military) | 4 | Kent State shootings | Kent, Ohio | An additional 9 injured. Students were fired upon when protesting the Vietnam War by the Ohio National Guard. | |
| 2007 | Tornado | 2 | <$5,000,000 | Roswell-Portales-Clovis Tornado | Clovis, New Mexico,
Portales, New Mexico |
The tornado originated in Roswell, New Mexico, and made its way north to Portales and Clovis, causing around $5 million worth of damage and causing 2 deaths, and numerous injuries. |
| 2010 | Suicide attack | 2 | 2010 Austin suicide attack | Austin, Texas | An additional 13 injured when a man tried to crash into the field office of the Internal Revenue Service in Texas. | |
| 1891 | Accident - Railroad | 1 | Great East Thompson Train Wreck | Thompson, Connecticut | hundreds injured | |
| 1995 | Accident - Railroad | 1 | 1995 Palo Verde, Arizona derailment | Palo Verde, Arizona | 78 injured | |
| 2000 | Accident - Explosion | 1 | Phillips explosion of 2000 | Pasadena, Texas | 71 injuries | |
| 2011 | Tsunami | 1 | >$50,000,000 | 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami | California, Oregon, Hawaii | 7 people swept out to sea, 1 fatality. Major damage to harbors, especially in Crescent City and Santa Cruz, California with tsunami waves reaching 8.1 feet. Extensive damage also reported in three Hawaiian islands, with tsunami waves up to 12 feet high. |
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