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On this day: 2 July

The deadliest recorded disaster on 2 July was the 1840 eruption of Ararat, which killed 1,900 people.

Historic disasters

19

Recorded deaths

4,111

Eruptions began

60

Major events since 1900

20

Disasters on 2 July in history

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

  • Ararat eruption (VEI 3)

    2 July 1840Turkey1,900 killed

  • M6.6 earthquake, Hazanderan, Abegarm

    2 July 1957Iran1,100 killed

  • M6.7 earthquake, Mt Ararat, Aguri, Aralikh; Iran: Maku

    2 July 1840Turkey1,049 killed

  • M6.1 earthquake, Banda Aceh

    2 July 2013Indonesia48 killed2,532 injured20,401 homes destroyed$113m damage

  • M6.8 earthquake, Luzon: Sorsogon, Bacon, Legaspi

    2 July 1954Philippines13 killed101 injured

  • M4.9 earthquake, Sivas

    2 July 1970Turkey1 killed150 homes destroyed

  • Tsunami, Ilulissat Icefjord, Greenland

    2 July 2014GreenlandWaves up to 10 m

  • M5.6 earthquake, Mishan-E-Markazi,Talkhab,Mishan Sofla

    2 July 1972Iran700 homes destroyed

  • M6.5 earthquake, Aleutian Islands: Fox Islands

    2 July 1965USATriggered a tsunami

  • M5.0 earthquake, Henan Province

    2 July 1959China

  • M7.5 earthquake, Vanuatu Islands

    2 July 1953Vanuatu

  • M7.1 earthquake, Dhubri,Assam

    2 July 1930Bangladesh

  • Earthquake, Croatia: Caparice,Grab,Kusute

    2 July 1898Croatia

  • Tsunami, Sciacca

    2 July 1831Italy

  • Tsunami, Pembrokeshire, Wales

    2 July 1749UK

  • M3.2 earthquake, Genoa, Carmagnole

    2 July 1703ItalyTriggered a tsunami

  • M6.2 earthquake, Levkas, Cephalonia, Ithaki

    2 July 1630Greece

  • M7.6 earthquake, Peru

    2 July 1552Peru

  • M6.7 earthquake, Hwanghae-Do: Paekchon

    2 July 1518North Korea

Major events from our live records

Big earthquakes and major disasters on 2 July in recent decades.

Eruptions that began on 2 July

From the Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program eruption record.

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