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On this day: 5 July

The deadliest recorded disaster on 5 July was the 1983 magnitude 6.1 earthquake near Nw, Biga, Erdek, Istanbul, which killed 5 people.

Historic disasters

16

Recorded deaths

14

Eruptions began

14

Major events since 1900

20

Disasters on 5 July in history

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

  • M6.1 earthquake, Nw, Biga, Erdek, Istanbul

    5 July 1983Turkey5 killed26 injured

  • M6.5 earthquake, Thessaloniki

    5 July 1902GreeceTriggered a tsunami5 killed228 homes destroyed

  • M4.3 earthquake, Kemerovo

    5 July 2022Russia2 killed2 injured

  • Marapi eruption (VEI 2)

    5 July 1992Indonesia1 killed5 injured

  • Asosan eruption (VEI 2)

    5 July 1816Japan1 killed

  • M7.7 earthquake, Sea of Okhotsk

    5 July 2008Russia

  • M6.7 earthquake, Sumatra: Nias Island: Gunungsitoli

    5 July 2005Indonesia

  • M6.6 earthquake, Caraveli, Chala, Arica, Iquique, Parinacota

    5 July 2001Peru300 homes destroyed

  • M6.8 earthquake, New Britain: Kandrian, Arawe

    5 July 1988Papua New GuineaTriggered a tsunami

  • M7.5 earthquake, Espiritu Santo Islands

    5 July 1964Vanuatu

  • Tsunami, Dorset, England

    5 July 1939UKWaves up to 1.9 m

  • M5.6 earthquake, Montilla

    5 July 1930Spain

  • Earthquake, Sumatra

    5 July 1926Indonesia

  • Tsunami, Cornwall, England

    5 July 1846UK

  • Earthquake, N. New Zealand

    5 July 1845New ZealandTriggered a tsunami

  • Tsunami, Cornwall, England

    5 July 1843UK

Major events from our live records

Big earthquakes and major disasters on 5 July in recent decades.

Eruptions that began on 5 July

From the Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program eruption record.

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