Natural Disasters
Natural Disasters is a structured science dataset with 20 entries. Its fields include Name, Event, Type. Community voting appears as a separate signal beside eligible rows and does not replace the source values.
Every row is shown below and is also available as CSV, JSON, or Excel.
Dataset details
- Table scope
- All 20 rows
- Fields
- 6 columns
- Source
- USGS / NOAA
- Data updated
- Feb 14, 2026
Included fields: Name, Event, Type, Year, Location, and 2 more.
The table contains every record in this dataset; the same records are available in each download format.
Preview observations
- Year span
- 1755 to 2023
- Across 18 preview rows
- Type groups
- 8 distinct values
- Across 20 preview rows
Useful for
- Comparing Name, Event, and Type across science entries
- Building reference tables, charts, or analyses from 20 downloadable records
Name↕ | Event↕ | Type↕ | Year↕ | Location↕ | Magnitude / Scale↕ | Casualties Estimate↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Eruption of Mount Vesuvius | Eruption of Mount Vesuvius | Volcanic Eruption | 79 | Pompeii & Herculaneum, Roman Empire (Italy) | VEI 5 | ~2,000 (Pompeii alone) |
Great Lisbon Earthquake | Great Lisbon Earthquake | Earthquake / Tsunami / Fire | 1755 | Lisbon, Portugal | ~8.5 Mw (estimated) | 30,000 - 50,000 |
Mount Tambora Eruption | Mount Tambora Eruption | Volcanic Eruption | 1815 | Sumbawa, Indonesia | VEI 7 (largest in recorded history) | ~71,000 (direct + famine from 'Year Without a Summer') |
Krakatoa Eruption | Krakatoa Eruption | Volcanic Eruption | 1883 | Krakatoa, Indonesia | VEI 6 | ~36,000 (mostly from tsunamis) |
1906 San Francisco Earthquake | 1906 San Francisco Earthquake | Earthquake | 1906 | San Francisco, United States | 7.9 Mw | ~3,000 |
1970 Bhola Cyclone | 1970 Bhola Cyclone | Tropical Cyclone | 1970 | East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) | Category 3 (equivalent) | 300,000 - 500,000 |
Tangshan Earthquake | Tangshan Earthquake | Earthquake | 1976 | Tangshan, China | 7.5 Mw | ~242,000 (official); up to 655,000 (some estimates) |
Mount St. Helens Eruption | Mount St. Helens Eruption | Volcanic Eruption | 1980 | Washington State, United States | VEI 5 | 57 |
2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami | 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami | Earthquake / Tsunami | 2004 | Indian Ocean (Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, Thailand, 14 countries) | 9.1 Mw (undersea earthquake) | ~227,000 |
Hurricane Katrina | Hurricane Katrina | Hurricane | 2005 | Gulf Coast, United States (New Orleans) | Category 5 (Cat 3 at landfall) | ~1,833 |
2005 Kashmir Earthquake | 2005 Kashmir Earthquake | Earthquake | 2005 | Azad Kashmir, Pakistan / India | 7.6 Mw | ~87,000 |
Cyclone Nargis | Cyclone Nargis | Tropical Cyclone | 2008 | Irrawaddy Delta, Myanmar | Category 4 | ~138,000 |
2010 Haiti Earthquake | 2010 Haiti Earthquake | Earthquake | 2010 | Port-au-Prince, Haiti | 7.0 Mw | ~160,000 - 316,000 |
2011 Tohoku Earthquake & Tsunami | 2011 Tohoku Earthquake & Tsunami | Earthquake / Tsunami | 2011 | Tohoku, Japan | 9.1 Mw | ~19,759 (including missing) |
Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Disaster | Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Disaster | Nuclear (triggered by earthquake/tsunami) | 2011 | Fukushima, Japan | INES Level 7 | 1 (direct radiation); ~2,202 disaster-related deaths from evacuation |
Hurricane Maria | Hurricane Maria | Hurricane | 2017 | Puerto Rico / Caribbean | Category 5 | ~2,975 (revised estimate) |
2022 Pakistan Floods | 2022 Pakistan Floods | Flooding | 2022 | Sindh, Balochistan, Pakistan | One-third of country submerged | ~1,739 |
2023 Turkey-Syria Earthquake | 2023 Turkey-Syria Earthquake | Earthquake | 2023 | Southern Turkey / Northern Syria | 7.8 Mw (followed by 7.7 Mw aftershock) | ~59,000 |
Boxing Day Tsunami (same as 2004) | Boxing Day Tsunami (same as 2004) | Earthquake / Tsunami | 2004 | Banda Aceh, Indonesia (epicenter) | 9.1 Mw | ~170,000 in Indonesia alone |
Pompeii Eruption (Mount Vesuvius) | Pompeii Eruption (Mount Vesuvius) | Volcanic Eruption | 79 | Pompeii, Roman Empire (Italy) | VEI 5; pyroclastic flows at 700°C | ~2,000 in Pompeii; ~16,000 total region |
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Frequently asked questions
How is Natural Disasters organized?
The table starts in the source data's order. Community voting is enabled as a separate approval signal beside eligible rows; votes do not replace the source values.
How much data is available on this page?
This dataset contains 20 entries, and every row is available in the table and in the downloadable files.
Can I download the complete dataset?
Yes. CSV, JSON, and Excel downloads contain all 20 rows. Before republishing the data, review the source and any usage terms listed on this page; dtbse does not replace the original source's licensing terms.
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