On this day: 22 April

The deadliest recorded disaster on 22 April was the 1853 earthquake near Shiraz, which killed 13,000 people.

Historic disasters

Recorded deaths

13,436

Eruptions began

Major events since 1900

Disasters on 22 April in history

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

Earthquake, Shiraz
22 April 1853Iran13,000 killed
M7.8 earthquake, Rhodes, Kos
22 April 1863GreeceTriggered a tsunami300 killed2,050 homes destroyed
M7.6 earthquake, Limon, Pandora; Panama
22 April 1991Costa RicaTriggered a tsunami90 killed895 injured$510m damage
M6.0 earthquake, Corinth (Corinthia)
22 April 1928GreeceTriggered a tsunami20 killed3,000 homes destroyed
M6.1 earthquake, Pampanga Province
22 April 2019Philippines18 killed183 injured1,046 homes destroyed$50m damage
M6.5 earthquake, Vasiliki (Leukas)
22 April 1948GreeceTriggered a tsunami7 killed100 injured244 homes destroyed
M5.7 earthquake, Bosnia-Herzegovina: Mostar, Stolac
22 April 2022Bosnia-Herzegovina1 killed14 injured
Calbuco eruption (VEI 4)
22 April 2015Chile
M6.0 earthquake, Michoacan: Lazaro Cardenas
22 April 2013MexicoTriggered a tsunami
M6.7 earthquake, Tobago
22 April 1997Trinidad and Tobago2 injured3 homes destroyed$25m damage
M5.9 earthquake, Bangkok
22 April 1983Thailand
M5.5 earthquake, Jiangsu Province
22 April 1974China
M7.2 earthquake, Sanriku
22 April 1898JapanTriggered a tsunami2 injured
M4.6 earthquake, Colchester, England
22 April 1884UKTriggered a tsunami
Earthquake, Chile
22 April 1870Chile
Earthquake, Lima
22 April 1869PeruTriggered a tsunami
Tsunami, Gulf of Venice
22 April 1661Italy
M5.3 earthquake, Tmogvi
22 April 1088Georgia

Big earthquakes and major disasters on 22 April in recent decades.

From the Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program eruption record.