On this day: 15 April

The deadliest recorded disaster on 15 April was the 1757 earthquake near Sale, Cape Cantin, which killed 3,000 people.

Historic disasters

Recorded deaths

3,572

Eruptions began

Major events since 1900

Disasters on 15 April in history

Damaging earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptions from the NOAA Natural Hazards database, deadliest first.

Earthquake, Sale, Cape Cantin
15 April 1757Morocco3,000 killed
M7.0 earthquake, Kumamoto, Oita
15 April 2016Japan273 killed2,809 injured43,386 homes destroyed$20,000m damage
M6.9 earthquake, Montenegro
15 April 1979MontenegroTriggered a tsunami131 killed1,001 injured$2,700m damage
M7.6 earthquake, Michoacan, Colima, Jalisco
15 April 1941MexicoTriggered a tsunami84 killed$2m damage
Merapi eruption (VEI 4)
15 April 1872Indonesia30 killed50 homes destroyed
Unzendake eruption (VEI 2)
15 April 1664Japan30 killed
M6.2 earthquake, Sichuan Province: Batang
15 April 1989China11 killed42 injured$164m damage
M8.3 earthquake, Guerrero
15 April 1907MexicoTriggered a tsunami8 killed
M5.7 earthquake, Sicily
15 April 1978Italy5 killed400 homes destroyed
M6.1 earthquake, Guatemala
15 April 2008Guatemala
M4.6 earthquake, Honshu: W
15 April 2007Japan12 injured63 homes destroyed
M7.0 earthquake, Xinjiang Province
15 April 1955China
M6.5 earthquake, Turkey
15 April 1905Turkey
Tsunami, Livorno
15 April 1847Italy
M6.8 earthquake, Kamchatka
15 April 1791RussiaTriggered a tsunami
Earthquake, Hamadan
15 April 956Iran

Big earthquakes and major disasters on 15 April in recent decades.

From the Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program eruption record.