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On this day: 27 May

The deadliest recorded disaster on 27 May was the 1293 magnitude 7.1 earthquake near Kamakura, which killed 23,024 people.

Historic disasters

17

Recorded deaths

25,196

Eruptions began

9

Major events since 1900

20

Disasters on 27 May in history

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

  • M7.1 earthquake, Kamakura

    27 May 1293JapanTriggered a tsunami23,024 killed

  • M7.1 earthquake, Sakhalin Is: Neftegorsk, Okha, Moskalvo

    27 May 1995RussiaTriggered a tsunami1,989 killed750 injured$300m damage

  • M5.8 earthquake, Do Gobadan, Fars, Yasuj

    27 May 1989Iran114 killed$5m damage

  • Earthquake, N of Nosiro

    27 May 1704Japan58 killed1,314 homes destroyed

  • M5.7 earthquake, Algiers, Boumerdes, Reghaia

    27 May 2003AlgeriaTriggered a tsunami9 killed200 injured

  • Pacaya eruption (VEI 3)

    27 May 2010Guatemala1 killed3 homes destroyed

  • Chichon, el eruption (VEI 5)

    27 May 1982Mexico1 killed

  • M5.3 earthquake, Jilin Province: Ningjiang

    27 May 2018China

  • M7.2 earthquake, Vanuatu Islands

    27 May 2010VanuatuTriggered a tsunami

  • M5.7 earthquake, Sichuan Province

    27 May 2008China20,000 homes destroyed

  • M7.0 earthquake, Santa Cruz Islands

    27 May 1992Solomon IslandsTriggered a tsunami

  • Earthquake, Sanriku, Japan

    27 May 1928JapanTriggered a tsunami

  • Earthquake, N

    27 May 1922Italy

  • M5.9 earthquake, San Diego

    27 May 1862USATriggered a tsunami

  • Tangkuban Parahu eruption (VEI 2)

    27 May 1846Indonesia

  • M7.4 earthquake, Morioka

    27 May 1770Japan

  • Earthquake, Colima, Jalisco

    27 May 1563Mexico

Major events from our live records

Big earthquakes and major disasters on 27 May in recent decades.

Eruptions that began on 27 May

From the Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program eruption record.

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