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On this day: 28 April

The deadliest recorded disaster on 28 April was the 1903 magnitude 6.3 earthquake near Malazgirt, which killed 3,560 people.

Historic disasters

14

Recorded deaths

3,621

Eruptions began

10

Major events since 1900

20

Disasters on 28 April in history

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

  • M6.3 earthquake, Malazgirt

    28 April 1903Turkey3,560 killed12,000 homes destroyed

  • Earthquake, Oomati

    28 April 1714Japan56 killed300 homes destroyed

  • M6.0 earthquake, Assam

    28 April 2021India2 killed12 injured

  • M6.0 earthquake, Sichuan Province

    28 April 1935China2 killed

  • Kilauea eruption

    28 April 1998United States1 killed

  • Kilauea eruption (VEI 1)

    28 April 2018United States1 injured716 homes destroyed$370m damage

  • M6.9 earthquake, Sarangani

    28 April 2017PhilippinesTriggered a tsunami7 injured1 homes destroyed

  • M7.0 earthquake, Vanuatu Islands

    28 April 2016VanuatuTriggered a tsunami

  • M6.4 earthquake, Vanuatu Islands

    28 April 2008VanuatuTriggered a tsunami

  • M4.6 earthquake, England: Folkestone

    28 April 2007UK1 injured$60m damage

  • Tsunami, Western Norway

    28 April 1994NorwayWaves up to 4 m

  • M5.9 earthquake, San Salvador

    28 April 1919El Salvador

  • Cameroon eruption (VEI 2)

    28 April 1909Cameroon

  • Earthquake, Buarcos, Aveiro

    28 April 1752PortugalTriggered a tsunami

Major events from our live records

Big earthquakes and major disasters on 28 April in recent decades.

Eruptions that began on 28 April

From the Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program eruption record.

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