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On this day: 3 June

The deadliest recorded disaster on 3 June was the 1773 earthquake near St. Jago, which killed 600 people.

Historic disasters

18

Recorded deaths

1,940

Eruptions began

19

Major events since 1900

20

Disasters on 3 June in history

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

  • Earthquake, St. Jago

    3 June 1773GuatemalaTriggered a tsunami600 killed

  • M8.1 earthquake, Near Coast of Jalisco

    3 June 1932MexicoTriggered a tsunami400 killed120 injured

  • M6.5 earthquake, Manila, Rizal, Bulacan

    3 June 1863PhilippinesTriggered a tsunami400 killed2,000 injured1,172 homes destroyed

  • Fuego eruption (VEI 2)

    3 June 2018Guatemala201 killed27 injured186 homes destroyed$120m damage

  • M7.5 earthquake, Port-Au-Prince

    3 June 1770HaitiTriggered a tsunami200 killed

  • Earthquake, Pasinler (Hasankale),Erzincan

    3 June 1952Turkey94 killed

  • Unzendake eruption (VEI 1)

    3 June 1991Japan43 killed

  • M5.1 earthquake, Southern: Qeshm

    3 June 2006Iran2 killed4 injured

  • Kanlaon eruption (VEI 3)

    3 June 2024Philippines2,680 homes destroyed$3m damage

  • M3.8 earthquake, Salima

    3 June 2006Malawi

  • M4.1 earthquake, Hakkari

    3 June 2006Turkey

  • M6.6 earthquake, Java

    3 June 1994IndonesiaTriggered a tsunami

  • M4.9 earthquake, S Honshu: Hiroshima

    3 June 1978Japan1 injured

  • Tsunami, Iceland

    3 June 1934Iceland

  • M7.6 earthquake, Sw Sumatra: Kerintji, Redjanglebong

    3 June 1909IndonesiaTriggered a tsunami

  • Earthquake, Civitanova Marche, Cagli

    3 June 1781Italy

  • M7.4 earthquake, Sanriku,Rikuzen,Rikuchu

    3 June 1772Japan

  • Tsunami, Port-Au-Prince

    3 June 1769Haiti

Major events from our live records

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

Eruptions that began on 3 June

From the Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program eruption record.

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