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On this day: 25 May

The deadliest recorded disaster on 25 May was the 1719 earthquake near Turkey, which killed 6,000 people.

Historic disasters

25

Recorded deaths

10,006

Eruptions began

12

Major events since 1900

20

Disasters on 25 May in history

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

  • Earthquake, Turkey

    25 May 1719Turkey6,000 killed

  • M6.0 earthquake, Turbat-Haklari

    25 May 1923Iran2,200 killed

  • M6.8 earthquake, Yunnan Province

    25 May 1751China900 killed15,712 homes destroyed

  • M7.3 earthquake, Sichuan Province

    25 May 1948China800 killed200 injured600 homes destroyed

  • M8.5 earthquake, Concepcion, Chillan, Talca, Tutuben, Curico

    25 May 1751ChileTriggered a tsunami65 killed

  • M4.7 earthquake, Rubavu; Congo

    25 May 2021Rwanda32 killed5,000 homes destroyed

  • M6.0 earthquake, Sichuan Province

    25 May 2008China8 killed927 injured400,000 homes destroyed

  • M4.4 earthquake, Mwanza

    25 May 2017Tanzania1 killed18 injured

  • M5.5 earthquake, Oaxaca

    25 May 2022MexicoTriggered a tsunami

  • M7.0 earthquake, Pilon, Manzanillo

    25 May 1992Cuba40 injured

  • M7.6 earthquake, W of North Island

    25 May 1981New ZealandTriggered a tsunami

  • M6.1 earthquake, Mammoth Lakes

    25 May 1980USA7 injured$2m damage

  • Puyehue-Cordon Caulle eruption (VEI 3)

    25 May 1960Chile

  • M7.5 earthquake, New Ireland

    25 May 1944Papua New Guinea

  • M8.1 earthquake, E of

    25 May 1943Philippines

  • M6.3 earthquake, Luzon: W

    25 May 1925PhilippinesTriggered a tsunami

  • Earthquake, N Luzon: Tuguegarao,Laoag,N Ilocos

    25 May 1907Philippines

  • M7.9 earthquake, Sea of Okhotsk

    25 May 1907Russia

  • Tsunami, Off Coast

    25 May 1906El Salvador

  • Earthquake, W. Kyushu Island, Japan

    25 May 1895JapanTriggered a tsunami

  • M6.8 earthquake, Mindanao,Mindoro

    25 May 1889PhilippinesTriggered a tsunami

  • Purace eruption (VEI 3)

    25 May 1885Colombia

  • Earthquake, Popayan

    25 May 1885Colombia

  • Earthquake, Acapulco

    25 May 1868MexicoTriggered a tsunami

  • Tsunami, Marmara Sea

    25 May 1419Turkey

Major events from our live records

Big earthquakes and major disasters on 25 May in recent decades.

Eruptions that began on 25 May

From the Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program eruption record.

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