Natural Disasters of the World By DamereNixon Jan 23, 1556 Shaanxi Earthquake 830,000 Deaths Oct 5, 1864 Calcutta Cyclone 60,000 Deaths Dec 16, 1920 Haiyuan Earthquake 273,400 deaths Jul 31, 1931 China Floods 1,000,000–4,000,000 deaths May 31, 1935 Quetta Earthquake 40,000 deaths Nov 12, 1970 Bhola Cyclone 500,000 Jun 21, 1990 Manjil-Rudbar earthquake 40,000 deaths 60,000 injured Dec 26, 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake/tsunami 230,000 deaths 9.1 magnitude Nov 7, 2008 Santa Catarina Floods And Mudslides 128 deaths Jan 12, 2010 Haiti Earthquake 160,000 deaths