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Natural disasters vs Human errors

Natural Disaster is a sudden event that causes widespread destruction, major collateral damage, and loss of life. Natural disaster types are earthquakes, flooding, volcanic eruption, landslide, hurricanes, etc... Human Error refers to those disasters that occur by human interference. This is a disaster list that affected the world and left it in agony, sorrow, and trauma in the souls of those who survived.

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Disasters with highest death tollsFriday Dec 13, 115 to Present

A natural disaster is a sudden event that causes widespread destruction, major collateral damage or ...

Asia Minor map
1268 Cilicia earthquake1268 to 1268

The Cilicia earthquake occurred northeast of the city of Adana in 1268. Over 60,000 people perished ...

Depiction of the earthquake in an engraving from 1696, possibly showing Catania - 1693 Sicily earthquake
1693 Sicily earthquakeSunday Jan 11, 1693 to Sunday Jan 11, 1693

The 1693 Sicily earthquake struck parts of southern Italy near Sicily, Calabria, and Malta on Januar...

Blue Mosque, Tabriz, Iran - 1727 Tabriz earthquake
1727 Tabriz earthquakeTuesday Nov 18, 1727 to Tuesday Nov 18, 1727

The 1727 Tabriz earthquake occurred on 18 November with an epicenter near Tabriz in northwest Iran....

1783 Calabrian earthquakes
1783 Calabrian earthquakesWednesday Feb 5, 1783 to Friday Mar 28, 1783

The 1783 Calabrian earthquakes were a sequence of five strong earthquakes that hit the region of Cal...

1792 Unzen earthquake and tsunami
1792 Unzen earthquake and tsunamiMonday May 21, 1792 to May, 1792

The 1792 Unzen earthquake and tsunami resulted from the volcanic activities of Mount Unzen (in the S...

Plane Crashes Images
Plane AccidentsThursday Sep 17, 1908 to Present

The air planes accidents happened in the twentieth century....

1932 Changma earthquakeSunday Dec 25, 1932 to Sunday Dec 25, 1932

The 1932 Changma earthquake occurred at 10:04:27 local time (02:04:07 UTC) on 25 December. With an e...

1935 Quetta earthquake
1935 Quetta earthquakeFriday May 31, 1935 to Friday May 31, 1935

The 1935 Quetta earthquake occurred on 31 May between 2:33 am and 3:40 am at Quetta, Balochistan, Br...

Mass shootings in the United States
Mass Shootings in the United StatesTuesday Sep 6, 1949 to Present

Mass shootings are incidents involving multiple victims of firearm-related violence. The precise inc...

Rajputana 1909
Rajputana famine of 1869May, 1969 to 1970

The Rajputana famine of 1869 (also the Great Rajputana Famine, Bundelkhand and Upper Hindustan famin...

1970 Ancash earthquake
1970 Ancash earthquakeSunday May 31, 1970 to Sunday May 31, 1970

The 1970 Ancash earthquake (also known as the Great Peruvian earthquake) occurred on 31 May off the ...

Chernobylreactor
Chernobyl disasterSaturday Apr 26, 1986 to Present

The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant is a closed nuclear power plant near the abandoned city of Pripyat...

1990 Manjil–Rudbar earthquake
1990 Manjil–Rudbar earthquakeThursday Jun 21, 1990 to Thursday Jun 21, 1990

The 1990 Manjil–Rudbar earthquake occurred on June 21 at 00:30:14 local time in northern Iran. The s...

Hurricane Katrina Image
Hurricane KatrinaMonday Aug 22, 2005 to Wednesday Aug 31, 2005

Hurricane Katrina was an extremely destructive and deadly Category 5 hurricane that made landfall on...

2008 Sichuan earthquake
2008 Sichuan earthquakeMonday May 12, 2008 to Monday May 12, 2008

The 2008 Sichuan earthquake also known as the Great Sichuan earthquake or Wenchuan earthquake, occur...

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