On this day: 10 February

The deadliest recorded disaster on 10 February was the 1797 magnitude 8.0 earthquake near Sw. Sumatra, which killed 300 people.

Historic disasters

Recorded deaths

366

Eruptions began

Major events since 1900

Disasters on 10 February in history

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

M8.0 earthquake, Sw. Sumatra
10 February 1797IndonesiaTriggered a tsunami300 killed
Kelud eruption (VEI 4)
10 February 1990Indonesia35 killed
M5.3 earthquake, Nw
10 February 1965Iran20 killed
M6.5 earthquake, Surigao del Norte
10 February 2017Philippines8 killed202 injured215 homes destroyed$40m damage
Earthquake, Giv (Se Birjand)
10 February 1946Iran3 killed
M7.7 earthquake, Loyalty Islands
10 February 2021New CaledoniaTriggered a tsunami
Kilauea eruption
10 February 2012United States
M5.5 earthquake, Java, Sukabumi
10 February 1982Indonesia17 injured$4m damage
M4.5 earthquake, Deh Kohneh,Sa'dabad,Borazjan
10 February 1972Iran
Earthquake, Sanriku, Japan
10 February 1945JapanTriggered a tsunami
M5.2 earthquake, Guelma, Lapaine
10 February 1937Algeria
M6.2 earthquake, Oaxaca,Colima,Puebla,Guerrero,Morelos
10 February 1928Mexico
Earthquake, Guam
10 February 1903USA TerritoryTriggered a tsunami
Earthquake, San Francisco
10 February 1869USATriggered a tsunami
Tsunami, Southwest Iberian
10 February 1731Morocco
Tsunami, Crete
10 February 1681Greece
M5.7 earthquake, Ethiopia
10 February 1631Ethiopia
Earthquake, Benevento
10 February 985Italy

Big earthquakes and major disasters on 10 February in recent decades.

From the Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program eruption record.