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On this day: 1 July

The deadliest recorded disaster on 1 July was the 1879 magnitude 8.0 earthquake near Gansu Province, which killed 22,000 people.

Historic disasters

17

Recorded deaths

22,036

Eruptions began

21

Major events since 1900

20

Disasters on 1 July in history

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

  • M8.0 earthquake, Gansu Province

    1 July 1879China22,000 killed

  • M5.1 earthquake, Dogubeyazit

    1 July 2004Turkey18 killed21 injured

  • Dieng Volcanic Complex eruption (VEI 1)

    1 July 2017Indonesia8 killed11 injured

  • M6.0 earthquake, Hormozgan Province

    1 July 2022Iran5 killed84 injured$142m damage

  • M3.1 earthquake, Katowice

    1 July 2019Poland3 killed6 injured

  • M6.1 earthquake, Near S Coast Honshu: Kozu-Shima

    1 July 2000JapanTriggered a tsunami1 killed

  • Kirishimayama eruption (VEI 2)

    1 July 1923Japan1 killed

  • M5.0 earthquake, Rasht

    1 July 2016Tajikistan31 homes destroyed

  • Tsunami, North Sea

    1 July 2015ScotlandWaves up to 0.18 m1 injured

  • M6.4 earthquake, Crete

    1 July 2009GreeceTriggered a tsunami

  • M5.5 earthquake, Central: Oxapampa, Huancabamba

    1 July 2008Peru45 injured60 homes destroyed

  • M6.5 earthquake, Puerto Armuelles

    1 July 1979Panama$2m damage

  • M5.9 earthquake, Los Toldos

    1 July 1974Argentina

  • M7.3 earthquake, Oetylos (Laconia)

    1 July 1927Greece

  • Tsunami, Marshall Islands

    1 July 1906Marshall Islands, Rep. of

  • Tsunami, Gamalama, Ternate Island

    1 July 1608Indonesia

  • M7.2 earthquake, Crete

    1 July 1494GreeceTriggered a tsunami

Major events from our live records

Big earthquakes and major disasters on 1 July in recent decades.

Eruptions that began on 1 July

From the Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program eruption record.

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