January 12, 2010 – Haiti earthquake had a magnitude of 7.0 and the quake’s epicenter hit near Porte-au-Prince that had approximately 2 million residents. The death toll was estimated at 250,000.
May 2008 – Cyclone Nargis 140,000 or more lives lost. The residents of low-lying rice fields in Maynmar were swept away.October 8, 2005 - Magnitude-7.6 earthquake in Pakistan killed more than 40,000 people.
August 2005 - Hurricane Katrina killed more than 1,800 people and is the costliest hurricane in U.S. history. The devastating effects linger on today as many coastal communities still struggle to get back on their feet.
December, 26, 2004 - The magnitude-9.3 Indian Ocean earthquake and resulting Sumatran tsunami killed an estimated 225,000 or more.
1992 - Hurricane Andrew killed 26, but property damage was $25 billion -- most expensive natural disaster in U.S. history at the time.
1985 - Nevada del Ruiz (Columbia) volcano killed 25,000 people, most in a mudflow.
1976 - Tangshan earthquake in China, estimated 8.0 magnitude, killed between 255,000 and 655,000 people.
March 28, 1964 - Alaska/Prince William Sound earthquake and tsunami had a magnitude of 9.2.
1931 - Yellow River flood (China) estimated 1 million to 3.7 million people killed by drowning, disease, ensuing famines and droughts. The river also had flooded catastrophic in flooding in 1887.
August 13, 1868 – Arica Peru Pacific basin earthquake with a 9.0 magnitude and about 25,000 dead.
1815 - Tambora, Indonesia, volcano of 1815. 80,000 people died of subsequent famine.
1811-12 - Three New Madrid earthquakes in Missouri are some of the strongest earthquakes in the contiguous United States in recorded history. With magnitudes estimated as high as 7.8 or so, they were felt as far away as Boston.
1556 - Shaanzi, China, earthquake killed 830,000 the seismic magnitude is unknown.
1330-1351 – The Black Death or Bubonic Plague pandemic caused by a bacterium killed an estimated 75 million people (30 to 60) percent of Europe's population.
