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31 December 2004
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Friday
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18 Ziqa'ad 1425
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World's worst disasters
LONDON, Dec 30: The following is a list of some of the worst earthquakes, floods and other natural disasters on record:
Year Type Location Fatalities
1887 Flood China 1 million
1556 Quake China 830,000
1737 Quake Kolkata 300,000
1970 Cyclone Bangladesh 300,000
1976 Quake China 255,000
1138 Quake Syria 230,000
1920 Quake China 200,000
1893 Quake Iran 150,000
1923 Quake Japan 143,000*
1991 Cyclone Bangladesh 138,000
1948 Quake Turkmenistan 110,000
1908 Quake/Floods Italy 100,000
1815 Volcanic eruption Indonesia 92,000
1902 Eruption Martinique 40,000
1883 Eruption/Tsunami Indonesia 36,000
2003 Quake Bam, Iran 31,000
* Many thousands were killed in the Great Tokyo Fire caused by the earthquake. -Reuters
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