Earthquakes
Rank ↓ Death Toll ↓ Event ↓ Location ↓ Date ↓
1 830,000 1556 Shaanxi earthquake China 1556
2 255,000 1976 Tangshan earthquake China 1976
3 240,000 1920 Haiyuan earthquake China 1920
4 230,000 1138 Aleppo earthquake Syria 1138
5 229,866 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, Thailand 2004
6 200,000 Damghan earthquake Iran 856
7 150,000 Ardabil earthquake Iran 893
8 137,000 1730 Hokkaidō earthquake Japan 1730
9 110,000 1948 Ashgabat earthquake Turkmenistan 1948
10 105,000 Great Kanto earthquake Japan 1923
11 100,000 Messina earthquake Italy 1908
12 100,000 1755 Lisbon earthquake Portugal 1755
13 100,000 Chihli earthquake China 1290
14 86,000 2005 Kashmir earthquake Pakistan 2005
15 85,000 Great Ansei Nankai Quakes, Japan (安政南海地震) Japan 1854
16 80,000 Shamakhi Azerbaijan 1667
17 77,000 Tabriz Earthquake Iran 1727
18 70,000 Changma, Gansu earthquake China 1932
19 69,197 2008 Sichuan earthquake China 2008
20 66,000 Ancash earthquake Peru 1970
21 60,000 Sicily earthquake[3] Italy 1693
22 60,000 1935 Balochistan earthquake British India 1935
23 50,000 Calabria earthquake Italy 1783
24 40,000 Gulang, Gansu earthquake China 1927
25 40,000 Meiō Nankai, Japan (明応地震) earthquake Japan 1498
26 40,000 Quito earthquake Ecuador 1797
27 37,000 Genroku earthquake (元禄大地震) Japan 1703
28 35,000 1990 Manjil Rudbar earthquake Iran 1990
29 32,962 1939 Erzincan earthquake Turkey 1939
30 30,000 Great Hōei Earthquake (宝永大地震) Japan 1707
31 30,000 2003 Bam earthquake Iran 2003
32 25,000 Spitak Earthquake Armenia 1988
33 25,000 1978 Tabas earthquake Iran 1978
34 23,700 Kamakura earthquake Japan 1293
35 23,000 Guatemala earthquake Guatemala 1976
36 20,000 Gujarat earthquake India 2001
37 20,000 1812 Caracas earthquake Venezuela 1812
38 20,000 Chillán earthquake Chile 1939
39 18,000 Khait earthquake Tajikistan 1949
40 17,118 Izmit earthquake Turkey 1999
41 15,000 1960 Agadir earthquake Morocco 1960
42 12,225 1962 Bou'in-Zahra earthquake Iran 1962
43 10,700 1934 Bihar earthquake India 1934
44 9,748 1993 Latur earthquake India 1993
45 9,500 1985 Mexico City earthquake Mexico 1985
46 9,000 1933 Diexi earthquake China 1933
47 8,064 1966 Xingtai Earthquake China 1966
48 7,000 1968 Dasht-e Bayaz and Ferdows earthquake Iran 1968
49 6,000 1960 Valdivia earthquake Chile 1960
50 5,300 1974 Hunza earthquake Pakistan 1974
51 4,000 1945 Balochistan earthquake British India 1945
52 3,894 1948 Fukui earthquake Japan 1948
53 3,000 1933 Sanriku earthquake Japan 1933
54 3,000 1906 San Francisco earthquake United States 1906
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_natural_disasters_by_death_toll#Earthquakes