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On this day: 1 June

The deadliest recorded disaster on 1 June was the 70 BCE magnitude 7.0 earthquake near Shandong Province, which killed 6,000 people.

Historic disasters

18

Recorded deaths

6,724

Eruptions began

15

Major events since 1900

20

Disasters on 1 June in history

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

  • M7.0 earthquake, Shandong Province

    1 June 70 BCEChina6,000 killed

  • M7.5 earthquake, Sichuan Province: S of Kangding

    1 June 1786China435 killed

  • M6.2 earthquake, Karakore

    1 June 1961Ethiopia160 killed

  • M6.6 earthquake, Shkoder

    1 June 1905Albania120 killed$24m damage

  • M5.8 earthquake, Sichuan Province

    1 June 2022China4 killed41 injured

  • M5.0 earthquake, Hindu Kush: Parvan

    1 June 2001Afghanistan4 killed20 injured

  • M6.6 earthquake, Sumatra: Pesisir Selatan

    1 June 2016Indonesia1 killed30 injured

  • M5.2 earthquake, Korce

    1 June 2019Albania4 injured

  • M5.7 earthquake, N. Cotabato: Kimadzil, Kibugtongan

    1 June 2013Philippines33 injured

  • Tsunami, Off Northwest Coast

    1 June 1948Indonesia

  • Earthquake, Kashima, Japan

    1 June 1923JapanTriggered a tsunami

  • M7.5 earthquake, Vanuatu Islands

    1 June 1910Vanuatu

  • M5.5 earthquake, Qinghai Province

    1 June 1893China300 homes destroyed

  • Tsunami, Lake Tarawera, North Island

    1 June 1886New ZealandWaves up to 0.3 m

  • Tsunami, N. California

    1 June 1869USA

  • Earthquake, Zakinthos (Zante)

    1 June 1752Greece

  • Earthquake, Istanbul (Constantinople)

    1 June 1296Turkey

  • Earthquake, S. Germano, Montecassino

    1 June 1231Italy

Major events from our live records

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

Eruptions that began on 1 June

From the Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program eruption record.

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