On this day: 10 November
Historic disasters
18
Recorded deaths
1,800
Eruptions began
8
Major events since 1900
20
Disasters on 10 November in history
Damaging earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptions from the NOAA Natural Hazards database, deadliest first.
M7.3 earthquake, Romania
10 November 1940Romania1,000 killed$10m damage
M7.3 earthquake, Jocaibamba,Cerro Angaschaj,Cerro Sillapata
10 November 1946Peru800 killed
M6.8 earthquake, Granma, Santiago de Cuba
10 November 2024Cuba10 injured156 homes destroyed
Kilauea eruption
10 November 2014United States1 homes destroyed$15m damage
M5.2 earthquake, Vahdat
10 November 2013Tajikistan104 homes destroyed
M6.3 earthquake, Qinghai Province
10 November 2008China3 injured$4m damage
M4.6 earthquake, E, Qinzhou-Fangcheng, Nanning
10 November 1988China71 injured
M7.9 earthquake, Prince Edward Island
10 November 1942South Africa
M8.2 earthquake, Alaska
10 November 1938USATriggered a tsunami
Earthquake, Willetts Point
10 November 1932USATriggered a tsunami
M7.5 earthquake, Vanuatu Islands
10 November 1913Vanuatu
M7.2 earthquake, Espiritu Santo
10 November 1910VanuatuTriggered a tsunami
M7.9 earthquake, Kyushu
10 November 1909Japan
Tsunami, N. California
10 November 1854USA
Tsunami, Livorno - Ligurian Sea
10 November 1852Italy
Tsunami, Banda Sea
10 November 1852Indonesia
M7.6 earthquake, Kashima
10 November 1730JapanTriggered a tsunami
Earthquake, Sucre
10 November 1650Bolivia
Major events from our live records
Big earthquakes and major disasters on 10 November in recent decades.
- 8.2
M8.2 earthquake - 1938 Semidi Islands, Alaska Earthquake
35 km deep
Extreme - 8.0
M8.0 earthquake - 1942 Southwest Indian Ridge Earthquake
10 km deep
Extreme - 7.7
M7.7 earthquake near Târgu Secuiesc, Covasna County
150 km deep
Extreme - 7.5
M7.5 earthquake near Honmachi, Kumamoto
140 km deep
Extreme - 7.3
M7.3 earthquake near Waisai, Southwest Papua
15 km deep
Extreme - 6.9
M6.9 earthquake near Port-Vila, Shefa
15 km deep
Major - 6.8
M6.8 earthquake near Pilón, Granma Province
14 km deep Tsunami flag
Major - 6.8
M6.8 earthquake near Huamachuco, La Libertad
15 km deep
Major - 6.7
M6.7 earthquake - 61 km SSW of Sola, Vanuatu
35 km deep
Major - 6.6
M6.6 earthquake - 177 km SE of Hirara, Japan
12 km deep Tsunami flag
Major - 6.6
M6.6 earthquake - north of Macquarie Island
10 km deep
Major - 6.6
M6.6 earthquake - near the east coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia
57 km deep
Major - 6.6
M6.6 earthquake - Izu Islands, Japan region
25 km deep
Major - 6.6
M6.6 earthquake - 208 km W of Abepura, Indonesia
30 km deep
Major - 6.5
M6.5 earthquake - southeast Indian Ridge
10 km deep
Major - 6.5
M6.5 earthquake - 154 km SE of Kuril’sk, Russia
21 km deep
Major - 6.3
M6.3 earthquake - northern Qinghai, China
19 km deep
Major - 6.3
M6.3 earthquake near Tarauacá, Acre
594 km deep
Major - 6.2
M6.2 earthquake - Izu Islands, Japan region
86 km deep
Major - 6.2
M6.2 earthquake near Shimoda, Shizuoka
15 km deep
Major
Eruptions that began on 10 November
From the Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program eruption record.
- 1998Llaima, ChileVEI 2
- 1992Fukutoku-Oka-no-Ba, JapanVEI 1
- 1980Macdonald, FranceVEI 0
- 1963Asosan, JapanVEI 2
- 1932Gamalama, IndonesiaVEI 2
- 1891Kirishimayama, JapanVEI 2
- 1858Masaya, NicaraguaVEI 2
- 1728Asamayama, JapanVEI 2