List of disasters in Metro Manila by death toll

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This list of disasters in Metro Manila by death toll includes both natural and man-made disasters that took place in the general vicinity of Metro Manila in the Philippines. This list is not comprehensive in general.

Contents

Over 100,000 deaths

YearTypeFatalitiesDamage (US$)ArticleLocationComments
1945Warfare100,000–240,000 1945 Battle of Manila Manila Fatalities estimated. The city was completely destroyed.

10,000 to 100,000 deaths

YearTypeFatalitiesDamage (US$)ArticleLocationComments
1662Insurrection10,000 [1] 1662 Manila Chinese massacre Manila Fatalities estimated.

1,000 to 9,999 deaths

YearTypeFatalitiesDamage (US$)ArticleLocationComments
1603Insurrection5,000–25,000 [2] 1603 Manila Chinese massacre Manila Fatalities estimated.
1863Earthquake1,000 [3] 1863 Manila earthquake Manila Fatalities estimated.

100 to 999 deaths

YearTypeFatalitiesDamage (US$)ArticleLocationComments
1897Warfare891 Battle of Zapote Bridge Las Piñas
1970 Typhoon 611 [4] Typhoon Patsy Metro Manila
1645Earthquake600 [5] 1645 Luzon earthquake Province of Manila
1899Warfare539 Second Battle of Caloocan Caloocan
2009Typhoon448 Typhoon Ketsana Metro Manila
1899Warfare293 1899 Battle of Manila Manila
1968Earthquake268 [6] 1968 Casiguran earthquake Manila
1762Warfare247 1762 Battle of Manila Manila
2000Landslide218–1,000 Payatas landslide Quezon City
1899Warfare165 Battle of Zapote River Las Piñas
1996Fire162 Ozone Disco fire Quezon City Recognized as the worst fire in Philippine history.
1896Warfare155 Battle of San Juan del Monte San Juan
2004Terrorism116 SuperFerry 14 bombing Manila Bay
1820Riot110–120 [7] First cholera pandemic riots Manila

Epidemics

RankArticleDates of impactDeathsRef.
1 Fifth cholera pandemic 188234,000 [8]
2 COVID-19 pandemic 2020–202310,277–13,546 [9]
3 Spanish flu pandemic 19185,055 [10]
4 Sixth cholera pandemic 19024,386 [11]

References

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  2. Clodfelter, Micheal (9 May 2017). Warfare and Armed Conflicts: A Statistical Encyclopedia of Casualty and Other Figures, 1492-2015. p.  61. ISBN   9780786474707.
  3. Davis, Lee Allyn (2008). "Natural Disasters." pp. 85-86. Infobase Publishing.
  4. Bankoff, G., Christensen, J. (2016). Natural Hazards and Peoples in the Indian Ocean World: Bordering on Danger. Springer, 119.
  5. Citizens' Disaster Response Center (Philippines). (1992). Disasters, the Philippine experience. University of Michigan, 63–64.
  6. "1968 August 02 Casiguran Earthquake". Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology . Retrieved 13 March 2020.
  7. Jackson, Mark. (2016). The Routledge History of Disease. Routledge, 192.
  8. Teck Ghee Lim. (1988). Reflections on Development in Southeast Asia. Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. ASEAN Economic Research Unit, 136–140.
  9. "COVID-19 Tracker". doh.gov.ph. Department of Health . Retrieved November 1, 2021.
  10. Philippines Census Office, Villamor, I., Ignacio, F. (1921). Census of the Philippine Islands Taken Under the Direction of the Philippine Legislature in the Year 1918, Volume 2. Bureau of Printing (Pennsylvania State University).
  11. Philippines Dept. of the Interior, Dean Conant Worcester. (1909). A History of Asiatic Cholera in the Philippine Islands. Bureau of Printing (University of California).