On this day: 22 October

The deadliest recorded disaster on 22 October was the 1522 earthquake near Sao Miguel Island, which killed 5,000 people.

Historic disasters

Recorded deaths

6,230

Eruptions began

Major events since 1900

Disasters on 22 October in history

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

Earthquake, Sao Miguel Island
22 October 1522Azores (Portugal)Triggered a tsunami5,000 killed
M7.0 earthquake, Syonai
22 October 1894JapanTriggered a tsunami726 killed3,858 homes destroyed
M5.9 earthquake, Turkey; Armenia
22 October 1926Turkey400 killed
M7.3 earthquake, Taiwan
22 October 1951TaiwanTriggered a tsunami68 killed586 injured2,382 homes destroyed
M5.0 earthquake, Ceyhan,Misis
22 October 1952Turkey20 killed
Merapi eruption (VEI 2)
22 October 1974Indonesia9 killed6 homes destroyed
M6.1 earthquake, Hindu Kush
22 October 2009Afghanistan5 killed
M5.4 earthquake, Banda Aceh
22 October 2013Indonesia1 killed2 injured
M5.9 earthquake, Chia-I
22 October 1999Taiwan1 killed254 injured15 homes destroyed$1m damage
Tsunami, Tasman Sea
22 October 1922Australia
M5.6 earthquake, Tyrrhenian Sea
22 October 1919ItalyTriggered a tsunami
Earthquake, San Francisco
22 October 1855USATriggered a tsunami
Earthquake, Northern
22 October 1854USATriggered a tsunami
Tsunami, Unimak Island, Ak
22 October 1826USA
Tsunami, Island of Corsica
22 October 1775France
Tsunami, Gargano Peninsula
22 October 1756Italy

Big earthquakes and major disasters on 22 October in recent decades.

From the Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program eruption record.