1815 April 5, 10–11, Netherlands Indies (Sumbawa, Indonesia): eruption of Tambora largest in historic times. An estimated 92,000 people were killed, about 10,000 directly as a result of explosions and ash fall and about 82,000 indirectly by starvation and disease.
1902 Dec. 28, Messina, Sicily: city totally destroyed by earthquake. Death toll 70,000–100,000 in Sicily and southern Italy.
1920 Dec. 16, Gansu province, China: magnitude 8.6 earthquake killed 200,000 in northwest China.
1923 Sept. 1, Japan: magnitude 8.3 earthquake destroyed one third of Tokyo and most of Yokohama. More than 140,000 killed.
1927 May 22, nr. Xining, China: magnitude 8.3 earthquake claimed approximately 200,000 victims.
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