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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 ÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ Program losses in the United States and may differ from data shown elsewhere.
(3) Multiple earthquakes.
NA=Data not available.
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