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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 |
$210,000 |
$35,000-$40,000 |
15,840 |
| 2 |
Jan. 17, 1994 |
USA: CA: Northridge, Los Angeles, San Fernando
Valley, Ventura, Orange |
44,000 |
15,300 |
60 |
| 3 |
Feb. 22, 2011 |
New Zealand: South Island, Canterbury, Christchurch, Lyttelton |
16,000 |
13,000 |
181 |
| 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. 3, 2010 |
New Zealand: Canterbury, Christchurch, Avonside, Omihi,
Timaru, Kaiapoi, Lyttelton |
6,500 |
5,000 |
NA |
| 6 |
Jan. 17, 1995 |
Japan: Prefecture Hyogo, Kobe, Osaka, Kyoto |
100,000 |
3,000 |
6,430 |
| 7 |
Dec. 26, 2004 |
Sri Lanka; Indonesia; Thailand; India; Bangladesh;
Myanmar; Maldives; Malaysia. Includes tsunami (3) |
10,000 |
1,000 |
220,000 |
| 8 |
Oct. 17, 1989 |
USA: CA: Loma Prieta, Santa Cruz, San Francisco,
Oakland, Berkeley, Silicon Valley |
10,000 |
960 |
70 |
| 9 |
Oct. 23, 2004 |
Japan: Honshu, Niigata, Ojiya, Tokyo,
Nagaoka, Yamakoshi (3) |
28,000 |
760 |
45 |
| 10 |
Sep. 21, 1999 |
Taiwan: Nantou, Hsinchuang, Taichung, Puli,
Touliu, Yun-lin, Chunghwa |
14,000 |
750 |
2,400 |
(1) As of January 2012.
(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.
(3) Multiple earthquakes.
NA=Data not available.
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