| 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 ÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ Program losses in the United States and may differ from data shown elsewhere.
NA=Data not available.
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