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On this day: 2 June

The deadliest recorded disaster on 2 June was the 1859 magnitude 6.1 earthquake near Erzurum, which killed 15,000 people.

Historic disasters

19

Recorded deaths

25,257

Eruptions began

11

Major events since 1900

20

Disasters on 2 June in history

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

  • M6.1 earthquake, Erzurum

    2 June 1859Turkey15,000 killed

  • M6.5 earthquake, Ningxia

    2 June 1219China10,000 killed

  • M7.8 earthquake, Java

    2 June 1994IndonesiaTriggered a tsunami238 killed423 injured1,500 homes destroyed$2m damage

  • M7.8 earthquake, Aki

    2 June 1905Japan11 killed59 homes destroyed

  • M6.3 earthquake, Jenai

    2 June 2013Taiwan4 killed21 injured$1m damage

  • M6.1 earthquake, Yunnan Province: Ning'er

    2 June 2007China3 killed329 injured$310m damage

  • M5.8 earthquake, Fethiye

    2 June 2025Turkey1 killed

  • M6.3 earthquake, Tongoa

    2 June 2009Vanuatu4 injured

  • M6.1 earthquake, Western

    2 June 1979Australia1 injured$2m damage

  • M6.2 earthquake, Off Northwest Coast

    2 June 1948IndonesiaTriggered a tsunami

  • Earthquake, Iceland

    2 June 1934IcelandTriggered a tsunami

  • Tsunami, W. Luzon Island

    2 June 1924Philippines

  • M8.3 earthquake, Southwest

    2 June 1903USA

  • Tsunami, Peloponnesus, Greece

    2 June 1898Greece

  • Earthquake, Kazirun, Shahpur

    2 June 1824Iran

  • Tsunami, Azores

    2 June 1800Portugal

  • Earthquake, Greece

    2 June 1759Greece

  • Earthquake, San Marcos

    2 June 1575El Salvador

  • Earthquake, Kairouan, Tunis

    2 June 854Tunisia

Major events from our live records

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

Eruptions that began on 2 June

From the Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program eruption record.

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