Not yet, and I probably won’t, but the belief is something to think about.
1908
Messina, ItalyEarthquake killed about 85,000 people.
1920
Gansu, ChinaEarthquake killed 200,000 people.
1923
Tokyo, JapanEarthquake killed more than 132,000 people. Regional rivers burst their banks, bringing the total deaths to over 300,000.
1927
Xining, ChinaEarthquake killed about 200,000 people.
1931
Huang He (Yellow River), ChinaIn what may be the greatest death toll due to a natural disaster, 3,700,000 people may have lost their lives in flooding.
1935
PakistanQuetta earthquake left 30,00060,000 dead.
1939
ChileEarthquake killed about 30,000 people.
1939
Northern TurkeyEarthquake caused about 100,000 deaths, mostly near Erzingan.
1954
Alaska, USAStrongest earthquake in North America occurred east of Anchorage. Seismic wave 50 feet high traveled more than 8,000 miles at 450 mph.
1970
East PakistanCyclone and tidal wave killed at least 300,000 people.
1970
PeruEarthquake killed more than 50,000 people.
1976
Tangshan, ChinaEarthquake left 242,000655,000 people dead.
1985
MexicoEarthquake killed an estimated 25,000 people near and around Mexico City.
1985
ColombiaEarthquake killed about 25,000 people.
1989
San Francisco, California, USAEarthquake killed 67 people.
1990
Northwest IranEarthquake killed at least 50,000 people.
1991
BangladeshCyclone killed over 131,000 people.
1995
Osaka, JapanEarthquake killed 5,100 people.
1995
Chicago, Illinois, USAA July heat wave killed at least 465 people.
1998
ChinaAt least 3,000 people were killed in flooding.
1998
Papua New GuineaTsunamis killed at least 2,000 people.
1999
TurkeyEarthquake killed 14,000 people.