On this day: 22 August

The deadliest recorded disaster on 22 August was the 1902 magnitude 7.7 earthquake near Xinjiang, Turkestan, which killed 5,653 people.

Historic disasters

Recorded deaths

5,777

Eruptions began

Major events since 1900

Disasters on 22 August in history

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

M7.7 earthquake, Xinjiang, Turkestan
22 August 1902China5,653 killed
Earthquake, Italy
22 August 1859Italy100 killed
M7.2 earthquake, Taiwan
22 August 1936Taiwan10 killed10 injured15 homes destroyed
Earthquake, Northern
22 August 1856AlgeriaTriggered a tsunami8 killed
M5.0 earthquake, Leyte: Ormoc
22 August 2017Philippines2 killed
Tungurahua eruption (VEI 3)
22 August 2008Ecuador2 killed2 injured2 homes destroyed
M5.8 earthquake, Kern County
22 August 1952USA2 killed90 homes destroyed$10m damage
M7.5 earthquake, Drake Passage
22 August 2025AntarcticaTriggered a tsunami
Tsunami, Sw. Corinth Gulf
22 August 2008GreeceWaves up to 2 m4 injured
Tsunami, North Adriatic
22 August 2007CroatiaWaves up to 4 m1 injured
M8.1 earthquake, Queen Charlotte Islands
22 August 1949CanadaTriggered a tsunami
Tsunami, Azores
22 August 1935Portugal
Earthquake, Algeria
22 August 1855Algeria
M8.4 earthquake, Near Kamchatka
22 August 1792RussiaTriggered a tsunami
M7.3 earthquake, Tokaido, Japan
22 August 1782JapanTriggered a tsunami1,000 homes destroyed

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

From the Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program eruption record.