On this day: 4 April

The deadliest recorded disaster on 4 April was the 1905 magnitude 7.9 earthquake near Kangra, which killed 19,000 people.

Historic disasters

Recorded deaths

19,735

Eruptions began

Major events since 1900

Disasters on 4 April in history

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

M7.9 earthquake, Kangra
4 April 1905IndiaTriggered a tsunami19,000 killed100,000 homes destroyed$25m damage
Tsunami, Tyrrhenian Sea
4 April 1906ItalyWaves up to 0.4 m350 killed300 injured
Vesuvius eruption (VEI 3)
4 April 1906Italy350 killed300 injured
Chichon, el eruption (VEI 5)
4 April 1982Mexico33 killed
M7.2 earthquake, Baja California
4 April 2010Mexico2 killed233 injured$1,150m damage
M5.4 earthquake, Yunnan Province: Xiluodu
4 April 2014China21 injured75 homes destroyed$80m damage
M5.4 earthquake, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh
4 April 2011Nepal
M4.8 earthquake, Batgram
4 April 2006Pakistan28 injured
M6.4 earthquake, Rioja, Neuva Cajamarca
4 April 1991Peru10 injured
M6.6 earthquake, Sumatera: Banda Aceh
4 April 1983Indonesia100 injured$1m damage
Earthquake, Terminal Island
4 April 1961USA$5m damage
M6.2 earthquake, Managua
4 April 1955Nicaragua
M7.5 earthquake, Struma
4 April 1904Bulgaria
M7.8 earthquake, Struma
4 April 1904Bulgaria
Tsunami, Hawaii
4 April 1868USA
M8.0 earthquake, Copiapo
4 April 1819Chile
Cotopaxi eruption (VEI 4)
4 April 1768Ecuador
Earthquake, Roer Valley
4 April 1640GermanyTriggered a tsunami
M7.0 earthquake, Kii, Kumananonada
4 April 1520JapanTriggered a tsunami
Tsunami, Persian Gulf Or Caspian Sea
4 April 957Iran
Tsunami, Bohai Sea
4 April 171China

Big earthquakes and major disasters on 4 April in recent decades.

From the Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program eruption record.