| Deaths
|
Date
|
Incident
|
Location
|
| 26,000–240,000
|
8 August 1975
|
Failure of Banqiao Dam and 60 other dams in Ru River basin.[1] Figure includes subsequent diseases and hunger-related deaths.
|
Zhumadian, southern Henan, China
|
| 20,000+
|
AD 27
|
Amphitheater collapse
|
Fidenae, Italy
|
| 5,000–10,000
|
11 August 1979
|
1979 Machchhu dam failure
|
Morbi, India
|
| 11,300
|
11 September 2023
|
2023 Derna dam collapse
|
Derna, Libya
|
| 2,209
|
31 May 1889
|
Johnstown Flood
|
Johnstown, Pennsylvania, United States
|
| 1,910
|
9 October 1963
|
1963 Vajont Dam Disaster
|
Erto e Casso, Italy
|
| 1,134
|
24 April 2013
|
Collapse of the Rana Plaza
|
Savar Upazila, Dhaka District, Bangladesh
|
| 1,000+
|
4 August 1917
|
Tigra Dam failure
|
Gwalior, India
|
| 1,000
|
12 July 1961
|
Panshet Dam failure
|
Pune, India
|
| 941
|
3 May 1868
|
Iruka Lake Dam failure
|
Inuyama, Japan
|
| 608
|
30 April 1802
|
Puentes dam collapsed flooding
|
Lorca, Murcia, Spain
|
| 502
|
29 June 1995
|
Sampoong Department Store collapse
|
Seoul, South Korea
|
| 500–1500
|
20 September 1807
|
Eitai Bridge collapse
|
Tokyo, Japan
|
| 423
|
2 December 1959
|
Malpasset Dam failure
|
Fréjus, France
|
| 400–600+
|
12 March 1928
|
St. Francis Dam failure
|
Los Angeles County, California, United States
|
| 356
|
1 December 1923
|
Gleno Dam failure
|
Bergamo, Italy
|
| 270+
|
25 January 2019
|
Failure of tailings dam on Córrego do Feijão iron ore mine[2]
|
Brumadinho, Minas Gerais, Brazil
|
| 268
|
19 July 1985
|
Val di Stava dam collapse
|
Tesero, Italy
|
| 250–434
|
18 August 2008
|
Koshi Barrage failure
|
Koshi River, Nepal
|
| 244
|
11 March 1864
|
Dale Dike Reservoir dam failure
|
Sheffield, England, United Kingdom
|
| 238
|
10 June 1972
|
Dam failure caused by 1972 Black Hills flood
|
Rapid City, South Dakota, United States
|
| 226
|
16 April 1850
|
Angers Bridge collapse
|
Angers, France
|
| 200+
|
31 October 2017
|
Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Site tunnel collapse
|
North Korea
|
| ~200
|
20 January 1980
|
Collapse of wooden bleachers at Corralejas bullring/stadium[3]
|
Sincelejo, Sucre, Colombia
|
| 169
|
17 November 1981
|
Manila Film Center collaps
|
Pasay, Philippines
|
| ~160
|
10 December 2016
|
Uyo church collapse
|
Uyo, Nigeria
|
| 145
|
10 January 1860
|
Pemberton Mill collapse
|
Lawrence, Massachusetts
|
| 144
|
9 January 1959
|
Vega de Tera disaster
|
Ribadelago, Zamora, Spain
|
| 140
|
19 November 1974
|
Makahali River bridge collapse
|
Baitadi, Makahali, Nepal
|
| 139
|
6 May 1874
|
Mill River dam failure
|
Williamsburg, Massachusetts, United States
|
| 139
|
13 September 1976
|
Apartment building collapse
|
Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
|
| 136
|
30 October 2022
|
2022 Morbi bridge collapse
|
Morbi, India
|
| 135
|
13 August 1993
|
Collapse of the Royal Plaza Hotel
|
Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand
|
| 128
|
28 July 1983
|
Guavio hydroelectric project dam collapse
|
Bogota, Colombia
|
| 125
|
26 February 1972
|
Buffalo Creek flood
|
Logan County, West Virginia, United States
|
| 125
|
8 November 1984
|
Rope bridge collapse
|
Munnar, Kerala, India
|
| 120
|
1 February 1963
|
Nuns' school chapel collapse
|
Biblian, Canar, Ecuador
|
| 120–180
|
20 April 1986
|
Kantale Dam failure
|
Kantale, Sri Lanka
|
| 117
|
1951
|
Heiwa Lake Dam failure
|
Kameoka, Japan
|
| 115
|
12 September 2014
|
Synagogue Church Building collapsed
|
Lagos State, Nigeria
|
| 114
|
17 July 1981
|
Hyatt Regency walkway collapse
|
Kansas City, Missouri
|
| 111
|
11 September 2015
|
Mecca crane collapse
|
Masjid al-Haram, Mecca, Saudi Arabia
|
| 111
|
13 August 1935
|
Dam failure
|
Molare, Italy
|
| 108
|
1951
|
Taisho Lake Dam failure
|
Ide, Kyoto, Japan
|
| 107–500
|
1966
|
Dam failure
|
Vratsa, Bulgaria
|
| 100+
|
1 December 2000
|
Dongguan Mall collapse[4][5]
|
Dongguan, China
|
| 100
|
21 February 1890
|
Walnut Grove Dam failure
|
Wickenburg, Arizona, United States
|
| 100
|
16 June 1990
|
Saque Comprehensive College collapse
|
Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria
|
