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On this day: 6 July

The deadliest recorded disaster on 6 July was the 1964 magnitude 7.3 earthquake near Guerrero, which killed 78 people.

Historic disasters

16

Recorded deaths

151

Eruptions began

12

Major events since 1900

20

Disasters on 6 July in history

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

  • M7.3 earthquake, Guerrero

    6 July 1964Mexico78 killed50 injured

  • M7.0 earthquake, Off Fukushima

    6 July 1905JapanTriggered a tsunami57 killed

  • M5.4 earthquake, Masaya

    6 July 2000Nicaragua7 killed42 injured357 homes destroyed

  • M6.5 earthquake, Leyte

    6 July 2017Philippines4 killed448 injured735 homes destroyed$5m damage

  • M6.1 earthquake, North Corinth Gulf

    6 July 1965GreeceTriggered a tsunami2 killed6 injured70 homes destroyed

  • Nasudake eruption

    6 July 1919Japan2 killed

  • Arenal eruption (VEI 3)

    6 July 1988Costa Rica1 killed

  • M7.1 earthquake, Ridgecrest

    6 July 2019USA101 homes destroyed$5,300m damage

  • M7.6 earthquake, Kermadec Islands

    6 July 2011Kermadec Islands (New Zealand)Triggered a tsunami

  • M4.8 earthquake, Java: W, Kuningan, Majalenga

    6 July 1990Indonesia103 injured10,300 homes destroyed

  • M6.6 earthquake, Vanuatu Islands

    6 July 1987VanuatuTriggered a tsunami

  • Tsunami, Isle of Wight

    6 July 1957UKWaves up to 4.4 m

  • M6.8 earthquake, Fallon

    6 July 1954USA

  • Earthquake, Sicily

    6 July 1931Italy

  • Earthquake, Oran

    6 July 1874Argentina

  • Earthquake, Kabul

    6 July 1505Afghanistan

Major events from our live records

Big earthquakes and major disasters on 6 July in recent decades.

Eruptions that began on 6 July

From the Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program eruption record.

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