On this day: 6 August
Historic disasters
25
Recorded deaths
11,496
Eruptions began
10
Major events since 1900
20
Disasters on 6 August in history
Damaging earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptions from the NOAA Natural Hazards database, deadliest first.
Earthquake, Siracusa (Syracuse)
6 August 1757Italy10,000 killed
Awu eruption (VEI 3)
6 August 1812Indonesia953 killed
Earthquake, Lesbos
6 August 1384Greece500 killed
M6.7 earthquake, Kyushu: Nobeoka
6 August 1984JapanTriggered a tsunami20 killed
M4.2 earthquake, Huntington
6 August 2007USA9 killed
M7.2 earthquake, Gauhati, Sibsagar, Imphal
6 August 1988Myanmar (Burma)Triggered a tsunami5 killed42 injured
Karangetang eruption (VEI 3)
6 August 2010Indonesia4 killed5 injured
M5.3 earthquake, Algeria
6 August 1947Algeria3 killed
Tsunami, Rockaway Beach, Ny
6 August 1923USA2 killed
M5.3 earthquake, Sulawesi: Sigi
6 August 2023Indonesia1 injured14 homes destroyed
Tsunami, Lysefjoren, Western Norway
6 August 2011Norway
M5.3 earthquake, New South Wales
6 August 1994Australia5 injured$30m damage
M7.0 earthquake, Aegean Sea
6 August 1983GreeceTriggered a tsunami
M4.2 earthquake, Ziarat
6 August 1983Pakistan25 homes destroyed
M5.6 earthquake, Flores Islands: Ruteng
6 August 1982Indonesia
M5.5 earthquake, Gulf of Fonseca: Jinotega
6 August 1951Nicaragua
M6.9 earthquake, Tonga Islands
6 August 1949Tonga
M7.7 earthquake, Near S Coast
6 August 1942Guatemala
M7.9 earthquake, Caraveli, Chuquibamba, Ocona, Atico
6 August 1913PeruTriggered a tsunami
Earthquake, Durres
6 August 1895Albania
Earthquake, Crete
6 August 1870CroatiaTriggered a tsunami
Tsunami, New Zealand
6 August 1858New Zealand
M8.0 earthquake, Alaska Peninsula
6 August 1788USATriggered a tsunami
Tsunami, Inchon, Chemulpo Bay, Yellow Sea
6 August 1434South Korea
Earthquake, Campania
6 August 324Italy
Major events from our live records
Big earthquakes and major disasters on 6 August in recent decades.
- 7.7
M7.7 earthquake near La Gomera, Escuintla
35 km deep
Extreme - 7.7
M7.7 earthquake near Camaná, Arequipa
25 km deep
Extreme - 7.4
M7.4 earthquake - Bonin Islands, Japan region
395 km deep
Extreme - 7.4
M7.4 earthquake near Gorontalo, Gorontalo
242 km deep
Extreme - 7.3
M7.3 earthquake near Tatkon, Sagaing Region
91 km deep
Extreme - 7.3
M7.3 earthquake - 79 km WSW of Sola, Vanuatu
165 km deep
Extreme - 7.0
M7.0 earthquake - 194 km SE of Baubau, Indonesia
625 km deep
Extreme - 6.9
M6.9 earthquake near Hyūga, Miyazaki
46 km deep
Major - 6.9
M6.9 earthquake - 65 km SW of Neiafu, Tonga
65 km deep
Major - 6.8
M6.8 earthquake near Kavála, East Macedonia and Thrace
2 km deep
Major - 6.7
M6.7 earthquake - southern East Pacific Rise
10 km deep
Major - 6.7
M6.7 earthquake - 255 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga
360 km deep
Major - 6.7
M6.7 earthquake - 153 km E of Shikotan, Russia
15 km deep
Major - 6.3
M6.3 earthquake - Prince Edward Islands region
10 km deep
Major - 6.3
M6.3 earthquake near Jurm, Badakhshan
195 km deep
Major - 6.3
M6.3 earthquake - 144 km WSW of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea
33 km deep
Major - 6.3
M6.3 earthquake - 78 km SSE of Kirakira, Solomon Islands
27 km deep
Major - 6.3
M6.3 earthquake near Ishigaki, Okinawa
15 km deep
Major - 6.2
M6.2 earthquake - 179 km NE of Lospalos, Timor Leste
10 km deep
Major - 6.2
M6.2 earthquake - 119 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga
25 km deep
Major
Eruptions that began on 6 August
From the Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program eruption record.
- 2019Tofua Arc at 18.3°S, TongaVEI 3
- 2012Tongariro, New ZealandVEI 2
- 2010Karangetang, IndonesiaVEI 3
- 1986Dieng Volcanic Complex, IndonesiaVEI 1
- 1937Krakatau, IndonesiaVEI 2
- 1906Chillan, Nevados de, ChileVEI 2
- 1890Slamet, IndonesiaVEI 2
- 1882Kusatsu-Shiranesan, JapanVEI 2
- 1812Awu, IndonesiaVEI 4
- 1769Asamayama, JapanVEI ?