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Disasters with highest death tolls

1933 Diexi Landslides

1933
China

1933 Diexi landslides; triggered by the 1933 Diexi earthquake in China. This earthquake destroyed the town of Diexi and surrounding villages, and caused many landslides, and killed about 9,000 people. The old town of Diexi sank into the landslide dam-created Diexi Lake.


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