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On this day: 25 November

The deadliest recorded disaster on 25 November was the 1759 magnitude 7.4 earthquake near Baalbec; Syria: Damascus, Antioch, which killed 30,000 people.

Historic disasters

26

Recorded deaths

30,452

Eruptions began

16

Major events since 1900

20

Disasters on 25 November in history

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

  • M7.4 earthquake, Baalbec; Syria: Damascus, Antioch

    25 November 1759LebanonTriggered a tsunami30,000 killed

  • M7.1 earthquake, Honshu: Idu

    25 November 1930Japan259 killed1,285 injured8,099 homes destroyed

  • M8.3 earthquake, Maluku: Bandanaira

    25 November 1852IndonesiaTriggered a tsunami60 killed

  • Etna eruption (VEI 2)

    25 November 1843Italy59 killed

  • M6.8 earthquake, Baku

    25 November 2000Azerbaijan31 killed430 injured

  • Merapi eruption (VEI 2)

    25 November 1976Indonesia29 killed306 homes destroyed

  • Kelud eruption

    25 November 1990Indonesia4 killed

  • M6.5 earthquake, Sumbawa Island

    25 November 2007Indonesia3 killed

  • M5.8 earthquake, Quebec: Saguenay, Quebec City

    25 November 1988Canada2 killed50 injured

  • M5.0 earthquake, Guangxi Province

    25 November 2019China1 killed4 injured

  • M6.3 earthquake, Kermanshah; Iraq: Kurdistan

    25 November 2018Iran1 killed759 injured

  • M6.6 earthquake, Xinjiang Province: Kashgar

    25 November 2016China1 killed$6m damage

  • Karthala eruption (VEI 3)

    25 November 2005Comoros1 killed

  • M7.4 earthquake, Kashima

    25 November 1953JapanTriggered a tsunami1 killed

  • M4.7 earthquake, Badaun, Meerut, Noida, Rewari

    25 November 2007India

  • M7.0 earthquake, Sulawesi: Minahassa Peninsula,Gorontalo

    25 November 1997Indonesia

  • M5.5 earthquake, Bosnia-Herzegovina: Strmica, Knin

    25 November 1986Bosnia-Herzegovina12 injured

  • M7.8 earthquake, Northern

    25 November 1941Atlantic OceanTriggered a tsunami

  • M6.5 earthquake, Celebes Sea

    25 November 1935IndonesiaTriggered a tsunami

  • Tsunami, Sulu Sea

    25 November 1925Philippines

  • Earthquake, Seikaido, Japan

    25 November 1899JapanTriggered a tsunami

  • Earthquake, Northern

    25 November 1852USATriggered a tsunami

  • Earthquake, Chile

    25 November 1822Chile

  • Tsunami, Ishinomaki

    25 November 1696Japan

  • Tsunami, Bay of Naples

    25 November 1343Italy

  • Earthquake, Strasbourg

    25 November 1289France

Major events from our live records

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

Eruptions that began on 25 November

From the Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program eruption record.

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