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On this day: 3 July

The deadliest recorded disaster on 3 July was the 1924 magnitude 7.3 earthquake near Xinjiang, which killed 100 people.

Historic disasters

23

Recorded deaths

123

Eruptions began

18

Major events since 1900

20

Disasters on 3 July in history

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

  • M7.3 earthquake, Xinjiang

    3 July 1924China100 killed

  • Earthquake, Mus

    3 July 1966Turkey14 killed

  • M6.4 earthquake, S. Xinjiang: Hotan

    3 July 2015China3 killed263 injured3,000 homes destroyed

  • M6.2 earthquake, San Jose

    3 July 1983Costa Rica2 killed60 injured$5m damage

  • Tsunami, Stromboli Island

    3 July 2019ItalyWaves up to 1.3 m1 killed1 injured

  • Stromboli eruption (VEI 2)

    3 July 2019Italy1 killed1 injured

  • M6.1 earthquake, Mindanao

    3 July 2015Philippines1 killed

  • Miyakejima eruption (VEI 3)

    3 July 1874Japan1 killed45 homes destroyed

  • M5.0 earthquake, Ne: Katkan

    3 July 2008Iran

  • M5.2 earthquake, Northeastern: Yakhak, Bashirabad, Butehgaz

    3 July 2003Iran

  • Tsunami, Daytona Beach, Fl

    3 July 1992USAWaves up to 3 m75 injured

  • Karthala eruption (VEI 2)

    3 July 1991Comoros

  • M7.2 earthquake, New Britain: Rabaul

    3 July 1985Papua New GuineaTriggered a tsunami$1m damage

  • M6.1 earthquake, Yunnan Province

    3 July 1965China

  • M5.0 earthquake, South Korea

    3 July 1936South Korea3 homes destroyed

  • M7.5 earthquake, N Coast

    3 July 1918Papua New Guinea

  • M5.1 earthquake, Stromboli Island

    3 July 1916ItalyTriggered a tsunami

  • Stromboli eruption (VEI 3)

    3 July 1916Italy

  • Midagahara eruption

    3 July 1858Japan

  • Earthquake, Shkoder, Buchati, Zadrime, Jubani, Kosmaci

    3 July 1855Albania

  • M7.5 earthquake, Cobija

    3 July 1836ChileTriggered a tsunami

  • Tsunami, Gulf of la Spezia

    3 July 1809Italy

  • Earthquake, Hunan Province: Nan Pi Tsin Nan

    3 July 1343China

Major events from our live records

Big earthquakes and major disasters on 3 July in recent decades.

Eruptions that began on 3 July

From the Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program eruption record.

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