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On this day: 28 March

The deadliest recorded disaster on 28 March was the 2025 magnitude 7.7 earthquake near Myanmar (Burma); Thailand, which killed 3,815 people.

Historic disasters

29

Recorded deaths

8,862

Eruptions began

16

Major events since 1900

20

Disasters on 28 March in history

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

  • M7.7 earthquake, Myanmar (Burma); Thailand

    28 March 2025Myanmar (Burma)3,815 killed5,145 injured12,441 homes destroyed$10,970m damage

  • M3.5 earthquake, Chiapas

    28 March 1982Mexico1,879 killed200 injured$3m damage

  • M8.6 earthquake, Sumatera: Sw

    28 March 2005IndonesiaTriggered a tsunami1,319 killed340 injured300 homes destroyed$37m damage

  • M7.2 earthquake, Gediz

    28 March 1970Turkey1,086 killed1,174 injured8,229 homes destroyed$56m damage

  • M7.3 earthquake, Central

    28 March 1965Chile400 killed$125m damage

  • M9.2 earthquake, Alaska

    28 March 1964USATriggered a tsunami139 killed$400m damage

  • M6.6 earthquake, Chamoli, Rudraprayag, Tehri Garhwal

    28 March 1999India100 killed394 injured21,100 homes destroyed$70m damage

  • M6.5 earthquake, Alasehir, Sarigol, Kiraz

    28 March 1969Turkey53 killed

  • M5.9 earthquake, Cotopaxi, Pastaza, Tungurahua, Ambato

    28 March 1996Ecuador27 killed100 injured$7m damage

  • M8.1 earthquake, Loyalty Islands: Lifou Island

    28 March 1875New CaledoniaTriggered a tsunami26 killed25 injured

  • M8.6 earthquake, San Marcos, Oaxaca

    28 March 1787MexicoTriggered a tsunami11 killed

  • M6.1 earthquake, Coast, Lunahuana, Lima, Huancayo

    28 March 1982Peru3 killed$5m damage

  • Earthquake, Sucre

    28 March 1948Bolivia3 killed$14m damage

  • Tsunami, Graham Island, British Columbia

    28 March 1963CanadaWaves up to 5.5 m1 killed

  • M5.0 earthquake, N. Sumatra: Tapaktuan

    28 March 2006Indonesia

  • M5.6 earthquake, Askale

    28 March 2004Turkey12 injured50 homes destroyed

  • M7.6 earthquake, Volcano Islands

    28 March 2000Japan

  • M6.0 earthquake, Pocatello Valley

    28 March 1975USA1 injured$1m damage

  • Tsunami, Mar del Plata

    28 March 1970ArgentinaWaves up to 0.81 m

  • Earthquake, S

    28 March 1963Italy

  • M7.2 earthquake, Nicaragua; el Salvador

    28 March 1921Nicaragua

  • M6.5 earthquake, Fujian Province

    28 March 1906China

  • Earthquake, Loi-Manesi-Messini (Messinia)

    28 March 1885Greece

  • M5.5 earthquake, Heleddi

    28 March 1880Turkey60 homes destroyed

  • Earthquake, Crete

    28 March 1846Greece

  • Earthquake, Guerrero, Acapulco

    28 March 1784MexicoTriggered a tsunami

  • M6.9 earthquake, Tyrrhenian Calabria

    28 March 1783ItalyTriggered a tsunami

  • Earthquake, Massa,Carrara

    28 March 1730Italy

  • Tsunami, Bay of Naples

    28 March 1723Italy

Major events from our live records

Big earthquakes and major disasters on 28 March in recent decades.

Eruptions that began on 28 March

From the Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program eruption record.

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