The Top 100 Fatal Earthquakes since 1900
(including the Risklayer CATDAT Fatality estimate for Turkey-Syria)
This provides a detailed summary of the most fatal earthquake events including the preferred value plausible ranges, and ranges in the literature where errors are present.
Data published 07/02/2023. Estimates of fatalities for global lower and upper are all global sources (including ones with errors thus this shows the implausible range) Preferred toll and plausible range are those to be used in publications for news. Data is global and has been collected over decades. The Turkey-Syria event includes an estimate from CATDAT Risklayer.
Author: James Daniell (Risklayer) – Data Source: CATDAT Loss Database checked as part of Daniell, Pomonis et al. (2018)