List of avalanches by death toll

This is an incomplete list of notable avalanches.

	Death toll (estimate)	Event	Location	Date
1	30,000	Huascarán avalanche; triggered by the 1970 Ancash earthquake [1]	Peru	1970
2	2,000−10,000	White Friday (1916) [2]	Italy	1916
3	4,000	Huascarán avalanche [1]	Peru	1962
4	310	2015 Afghanistan avalanches	Afghanistan	2015
5	265	Winter of Terror; series of 649 avalanches	Austria-Switzerland-Italy	1951
6	201 (56 confirmed, 145 presumed dead)	2012 Afghanistan avalanches [3]	Afghanistan	2012
7	200	Lahaul Valley avalanche [4]	India	1979
8	172	2010 Salang avalanches; series of at least 36 avalanches	Afghanistan	2010
9	155	1918 Mitsumata village avalanche [5]	Japan	1918
10	154[ citation needed ]	1918 Asahi village avalanche	Japan	1918
11	138	2012 Gayari Sector avalanche	Pakistan	2012
12	125	Kolka-Karmadon rock ice slide	Russia	2002
13	107	Saint-Martin [6] (Hautes-Pyrénées)	France	1600
14	102	2010 Kohistan avalanche	Pakistan	2010
15	97	1992 Görmeç avalanche	Turkey	1992
16	96	Wellington, Washington avalanche; deadliest avalanche in the United States	United States	1910
17	90	1922 Ōmi Train avalanche [7]	Japan	1922
18	84	1938 Unazuki avalanche [8]	Japan	1938
19	81	Pragelato	Italy	1904
20	79 (57 confirmed 22 presumed dead)	1954 Blons avalanches	Austria	1954
21	70	Frassino avalanche	Italy	1885
22	65	Palm Sunday Avalanche; deadliest avalanche along Chilkoot Trail (Alaska)	United States	1898
23	62	1910 Rogers Pass avalanche; deadliest avalanche in Canada	Canada	1910
24	59	1993 Bayburt Üzengili avalanche	Turkey	1993
25	55	Møre og Romsdal	Norway	1679
26	50[ citation needed ]	Siglunesi	Iceland	1613
27	43	La Giettaz (Savoie) [9]	France	1641
		Lenin Peak disaster [10]	Kyrgyzstan	1990
		2014 Nepal snowstorm disaster	Nepal	October 2014
30	42	1995 Gokyo avalanche [11]	Nepal	1995
31	41	2020 Van avalanches	Turkey	2020
32	40	Puente del Inca avalanche [12]	Argentina	1965
33	39	1970 Val-d'Isère avalanche (Savoie) [13]	France	1970
34	38	Huez-en-Oisans (Isère) [14]	France	1749
35	37	Ortiporio (Corsica)	France	1934
36	32	Vallouise (Hautes-Alpes)	France	1757
37	31	1999 Galtür avalanche	Austria	1999
38	29	Rigopiano avalanche	Italy	2017
39	28	Granduc Mine Avalanche [15]	Canada	1965
		2023 Nyingchi avalanche	China	2023
39	27	2022 Uttarakhand avalanche	India	2022
40	24	Seyðisfjörður	Iceland	1885
		2017 Gurez sector avalanche	India	2017
42	23	Bâlea Lake; deadliest avalanche in Romania	Romania	April 1977
43	22	2015 Mount Everest avalanches; triggered by the April 2015 Nepal earthquake [16] [17]	Nepal	April 2015
44	21	Sogn og Fjordane	Norway	1873
		Lofoten	Norway	1956
46	20	Hnífsdalur	Iceland	1910
		1995 Flateyri avalanche	Iceland	1995
48	18	Rybô [18]	Slovakia	1924
49	16	1937 Nanga Parbat tragedy	Nepal	1937
		Low Tatras [19]	Slovakia	1956
		Vassdalen	Norway	1986
		2014 Mount Everest avalanche	Nepal	April 2014
52	15	1972 Manaslu Nepal avalanche	Nepal	1972
		2023 Kharough avalanche [20]	Tajikistan	February 2023
53	14	1995 Súðavík avalanche	Iceland	1995
54	12	1974 Neskaupstaður avalanches	Iceland	1974
		High Tatras [21]	Slovakia	1974
		1999 Montroc avalanche [22]	France	1999
		Kaprun avalanche	Austria	2000
58	11	2009 Zigana avalanche	Turkey	2009
		Manaslu [23]	Nepal	2012
		2022 Marmolada serac collapse	Italy	2022
		2023 Astore avalanche	Pakistan	2023
62	10	2009 Afghan avalanches	Afghanistan	2009
63	9	Seyðisfjörður	Iceland	1732
		Siglufjörður	Iceland	1919
		Cerro ventana avalanche [24]	Argentina	2002
		2003 Tatra Mountains avalanche	Poland	January 2003
		Mont Maudit avalanche (Haute-Savoie) [25]	France	2012
		Restelica	Kosovo	2012
		Aru Range, Rutog County; two of the largest avalanches in history [26] [27] [28] [29] [30]	China (Tibet)	2016
70	8	Flathead Valley avalanches	Canada	2008
		Lewes avalanche; deadliest avalanche in the United Kingdom	United Kingdom	1836
72	7	Alpine Meadows (northern California)	United States	March 1982
		Sankt Anton am Arlberg (Wolfsgruben avalanche)	Austria	1988
		2003 Connaught Creek Valley avalanche	Canada	2003
		Western Tatras	Slovakia	2005
76	6	Oravska Magura	Slovakia	1968
		1970 Mount Everest disaster	Nepal	1970
		2009 Schalfkogel avalanche	Austria	2009
		Valfréjus avalanche	France	January 2016
80	5	Loveland Pass avalanche [31] (Colorado)	United States	2013
		2016 Geier avalanche	Austria	February 2016
82	4	2021 Millcreek Canyon avalanche [32] (Utah)	United States	2021
83	3	1996 Mount Everest disaster [33]	Nepal	1996
		2009 Buachaille Etive Mòr avalanche	United Kingdom	2009
		2012 Tunnel Creek avalanche (Washington)	United States	2012
		2019 Howse Peak avalanche	Canada	2019
		2020 Silver Mountain avalanche (northern Idaho)	United States	2020
		2025 Chugach Mountains avalanche	United States	2025

See also

• Avalanche
• List of natural disasters by death toll

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