Disasters with highest death tolls - 844 Damascus Earthquake
Time: Sunday Sep 18, 844
Place: Abbasid Caliphate (now Syria)
Details: 844 Damascus earthquake occurred on September 18, 844, in Abbasid Caliphate (now Syria), there were an estimated 50,000 deaths.
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