| THE TEN MOST COSTLY WORLD EARTHQUAKES AND TSUNAMIS BY INSURED LOSSES, 1980-2013 (1) |
($ millions)
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Losses when occurred |
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| Rank |
Date |
Location |
Overall |
Insured (2) |
Fatalities |
| 1 |
Mar. 11, 2011 |
Japan: Honshu, Aomori, Tohoku; Miyagi, Sendai; Fukushima, Mito; Ibaraki;
Tochigi, Utsunomiya. Includes tsunami. |
$210,000 |
$40,000 |
15,880 |
| 2 |
Jan. 17, 1994 |
USA: CA: Northridge, Los Angeles, San Fernando Valley, Ventura, Orange |
44,000 |
15,300 |
61 |
| 3 |
Feb. 22, 2011 |
New Zealand: South Island, Canterbury, Christchurch, Lyttelton |
20,000 |
14,600 |
185 |
| 4 |
Feb. 27, 2010 |
Chile: Bio Bio, Concepcion, Talcahuano, Coronel, Dichato, Chillan; Del Maule, Talca, Curico. Includes tsunami. |
30,000 |
8,000 |
520 |
| 5 |
Sep. 4, 2010 |
New Zealand: Canterbury, Christchurch, Avonside, Omihi, Timaru, Kaiapoi, Lyttelton |
7,400 |
5,900 |
NA |
| 6 |
Jan. 17, 1995 |
Japan: Prefecture Hyogo, Kobe, Osaka, Kyoto |
100,000 |
3,000 |
6,430 |
| 7 |
Jun. 13, 2011 |
New Zealand: Canterbury, Christchurch, Lyttelton |
2,500 |
2,000 |
1 |
| 8 |
May 5 and May 29, 2012 |
Italy: Emilia-Romagna, San Felice del Panaro, Cavezzo, Rovereto di Novi, Carpi, Concordia, Bologna. Multiple earthquakes. |
16,000 |
1,600 |
18 |
| 9 |
Dec. 26, 2004 |
Sri Lanka: Indonesia; Thailand; India; Bangladesh; Myanmar; Maldives; Malaysia. Multiple earthquakes, includes tsunami. |
10,000 |
1,000 |
220,000 |
| 10 |
Oct. 17, 1989 |
USA: CA: Loma Prieta, Santa Cruz, San Francisco, Oakland, Berkeley, Silicon Valley |
10,000 |
960 |
68 |
(1) As of February 2014. Ranked on insured losses when occurred.
(2) Based on property losses including, if applicable, agricultural, offshore, marine, aviation and National Flood Insurance Program losses in the United States and may differ from data shown elsewhere.
NA=Data not available.
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