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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.

Over 100,000 deaths

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Year Type Fatalities Damage (US$) Article Location Comments
1945 Warfare 100,000–240,000 1945 Battle of Manila Manila Fatalities estimated. The city was completely destroyed.

10,000 to 100,000 deaths

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Year Type Fatalities Damage (US$) Article Location Comments
1662 Insurrection 10,000[1] 1662 Manila Chinese massacre Manila Fatalities estimated.

1,000 to 9,999 deaths

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Year Type Fatalities Damage (US$) Article Location Comments
1603 Insurrection 5,000–25,000[2] 1603 Manila Chinese massacre Manila Fatalities estimated.
1863 Earthquake 1,000[3] 1863 Manila earthquake Manila Fatalities estimated.

100 to 999 deaths

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Year Type Fatalities Damage (US$) Article Location Comments
1897 Warfare 891 Battle of Zapote Bridge Las Piñas
1970 Typhoon 611[4] Typhoon Patsy Metro Manila
1645 Earthquake 600[5] 1645 Luzon earthquake Province of Manila
1899 Warfare 539 Second Battle of Caloocan Caloocan
2009 Typhoon 448 Typhoon Ketsana Metro Manila
1899 Warfare 293 1899 Battle of Manila Manila
1968 Earthquake 268[6] 1968 Casiguran earthquake Manila
1762 Warfare 247 1762 Battle of Manila Manila
2000 Landslide 218–1,000 Payatas landslide Quezon City
1899 Warfare 165 Battle of Zapote River Las Piñas
1996 Fire 162 Ozone Disco fire Quezon City Recognized as the worst fire in Philippine history.
1896 Warfare 155 Battle of San Juan del Monte San Juan
2004 Terrorism 116 SuperFerry 14 bombing Manila Bay
1820 Riot 110–120[7] First cholera pandemic riots Manila

Epidemics

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Rank Article Dates of impact Deaths Ref.
1 Fifth cholera pandemic 1882 34,000 [8]
2 COVID-19 pandemic 2020–2023 10,277–13,546 [9]
3 Spanish flu pandemic 1918 5,055 [10]
4 Sixth cholera pandemic 1902 4,386 [11]

References

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  1. ^ Cho-yun Hsu. (2012). China: A New Cultural History. Columbia University Press, 407.
  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).
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