On this day: 25 May
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.
- 7.8
M7.8 earthquake near Manay, Davao Region
15 km deep
Extreme - 7.7
M7.7 earthquake - Sea of Okhotsk
550 km deep
Extreme - 7.6
M7.6 earthquake - off the west coast of the South Island of New Zealand
33 km deep
Extreme - 7.3
M7.3 earthquake near Daocheng, Jiangsu
55 km deep
Extreme - 7.3
M7.3 earthquake - 195 km E of Kavieng, Papua New Guinea
15 km deep
Extreme - 7.3
M7.3 earthquake - Fiji region
633 km deep
Extreme - 7.2
M7.2 earthquake near Tandai, Guadalcanal Province
Extreme - 7.1
M7.1 earthquake - south of the Kermadec Islands
333 km deep
Extreme - 7.0
M7.0 earthquake - Macquarie Island region
10 km deep
Extreme - 6.9
M6.9 earthquake near Calama, Antofagasta
109 km deep
Major - 6.8
M6.8 earthquake near Niquero, Granma Province
23 km deep
Major - 6.8
M6.8 earthquake - southeast central Pacific Ocean
10 km deep
Major - 6.7
M6.7 earthquake - 114 km SSE of Kuril’sk, Russia
33 km deep
Major - 6.7
M6.7 earthquake - 259 km WNW of Puerto Chacabuco, Chile
20 km deep
Major - 6.5
M6.5 earthquake near San Juan de Urabá, Antioquia
13 km deep Tsunami flag
Major - 6.5
M6.5 earthquake near Nabire, Central Papua
33 km deep
Major - 6.4
M6.4 earthquake - 159 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska
33 km deep
Major - 6.4
M6.4 earthquake - Pacific-Antarctic Ridge
10 km deep
Major - 6.4
M6.4 earthquake near Xincheng, Xinjiang
35 km deep
Major - 6.4
M6.4 earthquake near Romblon, Mimaropa
35 km deep
Major
Eruptions that began on 25 May
From the Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program eruption record.
- 2021Krakatau, IndonesiaVEI 2
- 2021Great Sitkin, United StatesVEI 2
- 2018Poas, Costa RicaVEI ?
- 2015Wolf, EcuadorVEI 4
- 2002Langila, Papua New GuineaVEI 2
- 1994Cleveland, United StatesVEI 3
- 1986Alaid, RussiaVEI 2
- 1933Redoubt, United StatesVEI ?
- 1901San Pedro-San PabloVEI 2
- 1897Kuwae, VanuatuVEI 1
- 1885Purace, ColombiaVEI 3
- 1746Tres VirgenesVEI ?