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On this day: 10 March

The deadliest recorded disaster on 10 March was the 2011 magnitude 5.5 earthquake near Yunnan Province: Pingyuan, which killed 25 people.

Historic disasters

13

Recorded deaths

39

Eruptions began

14

Major events since 1900

20

Disasters on 10 March in history

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

  • M5.5 earthquake, Yunnan Province: Pingyuan

    10 March 2011China25 killed250 injured1,039 homes destroyed

  • M6.1 earthquake, Salima, Dedza, Mohinji

    10 March 1989Malawi9 killed100 injured$28m damage

  • M5.6 earthquake, Preveza

    10 March 1981Greece2 killed150 homes destroyed

  • M4.9 earthquake, Mirpur District

    10 March 2006Pakistan1 killed22 injured

  • M5.4 earthquake, New Britain: Rabaul

    10 March 1989Papua New Guinea1 killed

  • Vesuvius eruption (VEI 2)

    10 March 1905Italy1 killed1 injured

  • M5.0 earthquake, Java: Sukabumi, Bogor

    10 March 2020Indonesia4 injured

  • M6.2 earthquake, Antioquia, Santander

    10 March 2015Colombia180 homes destroyed

  • M4.4 earthquake, Erzurum, Kars

    10 March 1989Turkey

  • Earthquake, S. Mexico

    10 March 1833MexicoTriggered a tsunami

  • Earthquake, Mexico City,Oaxaca

    10 March 1727Mexico

  • M7.5 earthquake, Chile

    10 March 1681ChileTriggered a tsunami

  • Earthquake, Istanbul

    10 March 1556Turkey

Major events from our live records

Big earthquakes and major disasters on 10 March in recent decades.

Eruptions that began on 10 March

From the Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program eruption record.

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