| Date | Place | Deaths | Source | Rank |
| 8 May 1902 | Martinique (Volcanic Eruption). | 40 000 | A.C. | 11 |
| 16 Aug. 1906 | Valpariaso, Chile | 20 000 | B. | 18 |
| 28 Dec. 1908 | Messina, Italy |
83 000 85 000 70 000-100 000 85 926 |
B. C. A. D. |
5 |
| 13 Jan. 1915 | Avezzano, Italy |
29 980 30 000 32 610 |
A.B. C. D. |
12 |
| 16 Dec. 1920 | Gansu, China |
70 000 180 000 235 000 |
B. C. D. |
3 |
| 1 Sept. 1923 | Tokyo, Japan |
99 300 140 000+ 142 800 143 000 |
B. A. D. C. |
4 |
| 22 May 1927 | Nan-Shan, China | 200 000 | A.B. | 2 |
| 26 Dec. 1932 | Gansu, China | 70 000 | A.B.C. | 6 |
| 15 Jan. 1934 | Bihar, India | 10 700 | B. | 24 |
| 31 May 1935 | Quetta, India [Pak.] |
30 000 35 000 30 000-60 000 50 000 |
B. D. A. C. |
8 |
| 24 Jan. 1939 | Chillan, Chile |
28 000 30 000 |
B.D. A.C. |
13 |
| 26-27 Dec. 1939 | Erzincan, Turkey |
30 000 32 740 45 000 100 000 |
B. D. C. A. |
9 |
| 15 Aug. 1950 | Assam, India. |
1 530 20 000-30 000 |
B. A. |
19 |
| 29 Feb. 1960 | Agadir, Morocco |
10 000-12 000 12 000 20 000 |
A. B.D. C. |
22 |
| 1 Sept. 1962 | NW Iran. |
12 230 12 403 |
B. C. |
21 |
| 31 Aug. 1968 | NE Iran | 12 000 | B.C. | 23 |
| 31 May 1970 | NW Peru |
50 000+ 66 794 67 000 70 000 |
A. B. D. C. |
7 |
| 23 Dec. 1972 | Managua, Nicaragua |
5 000 <6 000 10 000 |
B. A. C. |
|
| 4 Feb. 1976 | Guatemala |
22 084 22 778 23 000 |
D. B. A.C. |
17 |
| 28 July 1976 | Tangshan, China |
250 000 290 000 242 000 [official] - 655 000 800 000 |
C. D. A. B. |
1 |
| 16 Sept. 1978 | Tabas, NE Iran | 25 000 | A.B.C. | 14 |
| 19-20 Sept. 1985 | Mexico |
7 000+ 10 000 25 000 |
C. D. A. |
25 |
| 14-16 Nov. 1985 | Colombia (Volcanic Eruption) |
24 740 25 000 |
D. A.C. |
15 |
| 7 Dec. 1988 | Armenia |
<25 000 25 000 |
A. C.D. |
16 |
| 21 June 1990 | NW Iran |
35 000 50 000+ |
C. A. |
10 |
| 17 Aug. 1999 | NW Turkey |
15 000 17 000 17 000+ |
C. A. D. |
20 |
Sources
Last updated January 2004
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