On this day: 15 May

The deadliest recorded disaster on 15 May was the 1793 magnitude 6.0 earthquake near Sichuan Province: Near Qianning, which killed 200 people.

Historic disasters

Recorded deaths

437

Eruptions began

Major events since 1900

Disasters on 15 May in history

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

M6.0 earthquake, Sichuan Province: Near Qianning
15 May 1793China200 killed30 injured
M6.8 earthquake, Shaanxi Province: Xian
15 May 1568China200 killed
Earthquake, Esfahan
15 May 1344Iran20 killed
Earthquake, Taal Volcano
15 May 1754Philippines12 killed
M6.2 earthquake, Osh; Uzbekistan: Andizhan
15 May 1992Kyrgyzstan4 killed5,500 homes destroyed$31m damage
Kelimutu eruption
15 May 1995Indonesia1 killed
Tsunami, Northeast U.s.a.
15 May 2018USAWaves up to 0.22 m
M5.9 earthquake, Mayotte
15 May 2018Comoros3 injured
M4.9 earthquake, Khekheti
15 May 1991Georgia45 homes destroyed
M5.2 earthquake, Barkham, Matakari, Hamtarot
15 May 1986Pakistan
M5.6 earthquake, Crete
15 May 1979GreeceTriggered a tsunami
M5.9 earthquake, Serbia
15 May 1927Serbia
M7.1 earthquake, Northern
15 May 1925ChileTriggered a tsunami
Tsunami, Gulf of Finland
15 May 1924FinlandWaves up to 1.5 m
Earthquake, Java: Maos
15 May 1923Indonesia
Earthquake, Tyrrhenian Sea
15 May 1897Italy
M6.4 earthquake, Gjirokaster
15 May 1895Albania
Tsunami, Sydney Harbor
15 May 1879AustraliaWaves up to 0.03 m
Earthquake, Northern: Huanillos
15 May 1877ChileTriggered a tsunami
Earthquake, Alaska Peninsula
15 May 1868USATriggered a tsunami
Earthquake, Northern
15 May 1851USATriggered a tsunami
Earthquake, Oaxaca; Veracruz
15 May 1714Mexico
Hekla eruption (VEI 3)
15 May 1636Iceland
Earthquake, Olot,Barcelona
15 May 1427Spain
M7.5 earthquake, Hindu-Kush; Kazahkstan: Balkha
15 May 818Afghanistan

Big earthquakes and major disasters on 15 May in recent decades.

From the Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program eruption record.