On this day: 22 September

The deadliest recorded disaster on 22 September was the 1522 earthquake near Almeria; Morocco: Fez, which killed 1,000 people.

Historic disasters

Recorded deaths

1,510

Eruptions began

Major events since 1900

Disasters on 22 September in history

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

Earthquake, Almeria; Morocco: Fez
22 September 1522SpainTriggered a tsunami1,000 killed
M6.7 earthquake, Sirjan
22 September 1923Iran290 killed
M6.3 earthquake, Dushanbe (Stalinabad)
22 September 1930Tajikistan175 killed
M6.6 earthquake, Lake Tanganyika
22 September 1960Congo24 killed
M5.5 earthquake, Shanxi Province
22 September 1898China12 killed570 homes destroyed
M6.8 earthquake, Mexico City, Michoacan
22 September 2022MexicoTriggered a tsunami3 killed5 injured
M6.4 earthquake, Puerto Plata, Santiago
22 September 2003Dominican Republic3 killed15 injured
M6.2 earthquake, Ambato, Latacunga, Riobamba
22 September 1987Ecuador2 killed12 injured
M6.1 earthquake, Sichuan Province: Xiaojin County
22 September 1989China1 killed151 injured4,270 homes destroyed
M3.1 earthquake, Mornington
22 September 2009Australia
M4.8 earthquake, Mansfield, Dudley
22 September 2002UK1 injured
Tsunami, Kamchatka
22 September 1937Russia
M6.9 earthquake, Prince William Sound
22 September 1911USATriggered a tsunami
M6.5 earthquake, Cordoba
22 September 1908Argentina
M8.1 earthquake, Agana
22 September 1902USA Territory
M6.1 earthquake, Turkey
22 September 1888Turkey
M4.5 earthquake, Tabriz, Khvoy (Khoi)
22 September 1854Iran

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

From the Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program eruption record.