Rank
|
Page title
|
Views
|
Daily average
|
Assessment
|
Importance
|
1
|
September 11 attacks
|
443,651
|
16,431
|
GA
|
Top
|
2
|
The Holocaust
|
382,241
|
14,157
|
B
|
Top
|
3
|
Stoneman Douglas High School shooting
|
358,364
|
13,272
|
B
|
Low
|
4
|
RMS Titanic
|
333,739
|
12,360
|
B
|
Top
|
5
|
Chernobyl disaster
|
324,161
|
12,005
|
C
|
High
|
6
|
Black Death
|
286,097
|
10,596
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
7
|
Attack on Pearl Harbor
|
237,892
|
8,810
|
C
|
Mid
|
8
|
State of emergency
|
229,123
|
8,486
|
C
|
Mid
|
9
|
Indian Airlines Flight 814
|
195,730
|
7,249
|
Start
|
Low
|
10
|
Pollution
|
195,002
|
7,222
|
B
|
Mid
|
11
|
Malaysia Airlines Flight 370
|
192,384
|
7,125
|
GA
|
Mid
|
12
|
Rwandan genocide
|
185,031
|
6,853
|
B
|
High
|
13
|
2008 South Carolina Learjet 60 crash
|
184,293
|
6,825
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
14
|
Columbine High School massacre
|
180,024
|
6,667
|
B
|
High
|
15
|
Operation Entebbe
|
172,571
|
6,391
|
B
|
Mid
|
16
|
Space Shuttle Challenger disaster
|
158,790
|
5,881
|
C
|
High
|
17
|
Deepwater Horizon oil spill
|
154,289
|
5,714
|
C
|
High
|
18
|
List of school shootings in the United States
|
143,541
|
5,316
|
List
|
Unknown
|
19
|
2017 Las Vegas shooting
|
142,001
|
5,259
|
B
|
Unknown
|
20
|
Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting
|
137,620
|
5,097
|
C
|
Low
|
21
|
Earthquake
|
136,891
|
5,070
|
B
|
High
|
22
|
2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
|
132,465
|
4,906
|
B
|
Mid
|
23
|
Space Shuttle Columbia disaster
|
132,056
|
4,890
|
B
|
Mid
|
24
|
Boston Marathon bombing
|
131,582
|
4,873
|
B
|
Mid
|
25
|
Munich air disaster
|
125,018
|
4,630
|
B
|
Low
|
26
|
Pompeii
|
123,708
|
4,581
|
C
|
High
|
27
|
Flint water crisis
|
123,577
|
4,576
|
C
|
Unknown
|
28
|
Spanish flu
|
120,567
|
4,465
|
GA
|
High
|
29
|
Armenian Genocide
|
120,269
|
4,454
|
C
|
Top
|
30
|
2011 Norway attacks
|
119,829
|
4,438
|
B
|
Unknown
|
31
|
US Airways Flight 1549
|
117,646
|
4,357
|
B
|
Mid
|
32
|
Oklahoma City bombing
|
114,552
|
4,242
|
FA
|
Unknown
|
33
|
Improvised explosive device
|
113,065
|
4,187
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
34
|
2018 Kerala floods
|
110,135
|
4,079
|
B
|
Low
|
35
|
Great Famine (Ireland)
|
106,447
|
3,942
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
36
|
Bhopal disaster
|
105,460
|
3,905
|
B
|
High
|
37
|
Tsunami
|
103,354
|
3,827
|
B
|
High
|
38
|
Natural disaster
|
101,978
|
3,776
|
C
|
Top
|
39
|
Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster
|
99,154
|
3,672
|
B
|
Top
|
40
|
Hurricane Katrina
|
93,401
|
3,459
|
C
|
Top
|
41
|
Manchester Arena bombing
|
90,833
|
3,364
|
C
|
Low
|
42
|
Sully (film)
|
85,766
|
3,176
|
B
|
Unknown
|
43
|
Munich massacre
|
83,667
|
3,098
|
C
|
High
|
44
|
Bloody Sunday (1972)
|
81,427
|
3,015
|
B
|
High
|
45
|
List of Mayday episodes
|
81,280
|
3,010
|
List
|
Low
|
46
|
Designated survivor
|
80,832
|
2,993
|
C
|
Unknown
|
47
|
Hindenburg disaster
|
80,326
|
2,975
|
C
|
Unknown
|
48
|
Federal Emergency Management Agency
|
77,483
|
2,869
|
C
|
Top
|
49
|
Hillsborough disaster
|
76,524
|
2,834
|
B
|
Mid
|
50
|
2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami
|
75,667
|
2,802
|
B
|
Top
|
51
|
We Are the World
|
75,025
|
2,778
|
FA
|
Mid
|
52
|
Twilight Zone accident
|
73,460
|
2,720
|
C
|
Unknown
|
53
|
Malaysia Airlines Flight 17
|
71,157
|
2,635
|
B
|
Mid
|
54
|
Sinking of the RMS Titanic
|
69,192
|
2,562
|
FA
|
Top
|
55
|
Aviation accidents and incidents
|
68,637
|
2,542
|
C
|
Top
|
56
|
List of accidents and incidents involving commercial aircraft
|
68,325
|
2,530
|
List
|
Mid
|
57
|
War
|
68,205
|
2,526
|
C
|
Mid
|
58
|
Sosoliso Airlines Flight 1145
|
66,683
|
2,469
|
Start
|
Mid
|
59
|
Colgan Air Flight 3407
|
65,737
|
2,434
|
C
|
Low
|
60
|
Brumadinho dam disaster
|
65,617
|
2,430
|
Stub
|
Mid
|
61
|
Great Recession
|
64,613
|
2,393
|
B
|
High
|
62
|
Dust Bowl
|
64,293
|
2,381
|
B
|
Low
|
63
|
Eastern Air Lines Flight 212
|
64,154
|
2,376
|
Start
|
Low
|
64
|
The Elephant's Foot
|
63,364
|
2,346
|
Stub
|
Low
|
65
|
Black Saturday bushfires
|
62,924
|
2,330
|
B
|
High
|
66
|
2001 Indian Parliament attack
|
62,560
|
2,317
|
Start
|
Unknown
|
67
|
Dysentery
|
62,497
|
2,314
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
68
|
Tenerife airport disaster
|
62,435
|
2,312
|
C
|
High
|
69
|
D.C. sniper attacks
|
61,889
|
2,292
|
B
|
Unknown
|
70
|
Pan Am Flight 103
|
60,588
|
2,244
|
B
|
High
|
71
|
American Airlines Flight 77
|
58,823
|
2,178
|
FA
|
Low
|
72
|
List of natural disasters by death toll
|
58,465
|
2,165
|
List
|
Mid
|
73
|
2002 Überlingen mid-air collision
|
58,416
|
2,163
|
C
|
Mid
|
74
|
Grenfell Tower fire
|
57,895
|
2,144
|
B
|
Mid
|
75
|
Three Mile Island accident
|
57,547
|
2,131
|
B
|
High
|
76
|
Virginia Tech shooting
|
52,449
|
1,942
|
C
|
Low
|
77
|
Great Fire of London
|
51,352
|
1,901
|
FA
|
Mid
|
78
|
List of wars by death toll
|
51,092
|
1,892
|
List
|
Low
|
79
|
Deepwater Horizon explosion
|
51,078
|
1,891
|
C
|
High
|
80
|
Lists of earthquakes
|
50,624
|
1,874
|
List
|
Unknown
|
81
|
Chernobyl
|
50,360
|
1,865
|
B
|
Mid
|
82
|
Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571
|
50,064
|
1,854
|
C
|
Mid
|
83
|
Risk management
|
50,011
|
1,852
|
C
|
High
|
84
|
Camp Fire (2018)
|
49,988
|
1,851
|
C
|
High
|
85
|
List of spaceflight-related accidents and incidents
|
49,448
|
1,831
|
List
|
Mid
|
86
|
2013 North India floods
|
49,258
|
1,824
|
C
|
Low
|
87
|
TWA Flight 800
|
48,995
|
1,814
|
B
|
Mid
|
88
|
SOS
|
48,408
|
1,792
|
Start
|
High
|
89
|
2018 California wildfires
|
48,321
|
1,789
|
List
|
High
|
90
|
Hurricane Michael
|
48,306
|
1,789
|
B
|
Low
|
91
|
USS Cole bombing
|
48,199
|
1,785
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
92
|
Tunguska event
|
48,186
|
1,784
|
B
|
Mid
|
93
|
Great Smog of London
|
48,035
|
1,779
|
B
|
Low
|
94
|
7 July 2005 London bombings
|
46,988
|
1,740
|
B
|
High
|
95
|
1993 World Trade Center bombing
|
46,649
|
1,727
|
B
|
Mid
|
96
|
European migrant crisis
|
45,845
|
1,697
|
C
|
Mid
|
97
|
1906 San Francisco earthquake
|
45,620
|
1,689
|
C
|
Unknown
|
98
|
San Ysidro McDonald's massacre
|
44,794
|
1,659
|
B
|
Mid
|
99
|
American Airlines Flight 11
|
43,879
|
1,625
|
FA
|
Top
|
100
|
Air France Flight 447
|
43,870
|
1,624
|
C
|
Mid
|
101
|
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire
|
43,477
|
1,610
|
B
|
Mid
|
102
|
The Station nightclub fire
|
43,350
|
1,605
|
B
|
Low
|
103
|
2019 Jolo Cathedral bombings
|
43,249
|
1,601
|
C
|
Mid
|
104
|
Halifax Explosion
|
43,020
|
1,593
|
FA
|
High
|
105
|
Gimli Glider
|
42,963
|
1,591
|
C
|
Unknown
|
106
|
Drought
|
42,509
|
1,574
|
C
|
Mid
|
107
|
Eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79
|
41,250
|
1,527
|
B
|
Mid
|
108
|
Great Molasses Flood
|
40,545
|
1,501
|
B
|
High
|
109
|
1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens
|
40,332
|
1,493
|
FA
|
High
|
110
|
List of terrorist incidents
|
40,130
|
1,486
|
List
|
Mid
|
111
|
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
|
39,317
|
1,456
|
C
|
Unknown
|
112
|
Korean Air Lines Flight 007
|
38,485
|
1,425
|
GA
|
Mid
|
113
|
Lion Air Flight 610
|
38,429
|
1,423
|
C
|
Unknown
|
114
|
2014 Peshawar school massacre
|
38,234
|
1,416
|
B
|
Unknown
|
115
|
1993 Bombay bombings
|
37,879
|
1,402
|
B
|
Mid
|
116
|
Air France Flight 4590
|
37,455
|
1,387
|
C
|
Unknown
|
117
|
Dunblane massacre
|
36,706
|
1,359
|
C
|
Unknown
|
118
|
Japan Airlines Flight 123
|
36,534
|
1,353
|
C
|
Mid
|
119
|
Pan Am Flight 73
|
36,139
|
1,338
|
C
|
Low
|
120
|
Disaster
|
36,120
|
1,337
|
Start
|
Top
|
121
|
Port Arthur massacre (Australia)
|
36,009
|
1,333
|
B
|
Unknown
|
122
|
Triage
|
35,595
|
1,318
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
123
|
2010 Haiti earthquake
|
35,172
|
1,302
|
GA
|
Top
|
124
|
1960 Valdivia earthquake
|
35,024
|
1,297
|
Start
|
High
|
125
|
Woolsey Fire
|
34,958
|
1,294
|
C
|
Mid
|
126
|
Germanwings Flight 9525
|
34,923
|
1,293
|
GA
|
Low
|
127
|
List of missing aircraft
|
34,802
|
1,288
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
128
|
Hurricane Harvey
|
34,700
|
1,285
|
C
|
High
|
129
|
Lac-Mégantic rail disaster
|
34,422
|
1,274
|
B
|
Unknown
|
130
|
Food security
|
34,283
|
1,269
|
B
|
High
|
131
|
United Airlines Flight 175
|
34,240
|
1,268
|
B
|
Top
|
132
|
Alaska Airlines Flight 261
|
33,236
|
1,230
|
B
|
Low
|
133
|
Pandemic
|
32,793
|
1,214
|
B
|
Top
|
134
|
American Airlines Flight 191
|
32,474
|
1,202
|
GA
|
Mid
|
135
|
Taylor oil spill
|
31,744
|
1,175
|
C
|
Low
|
136
|
Acute radiation syndrome
|
31,725
|
1,175
|
C
|
Mid
|
137
|
Landslide
|
31,546
|
1,168
|
B
|
High
|
138
|
Nuclear and radiation accidents and incidents
|
31,498
|
1,166
|
B
|
Top
|
139
|
United Airlines Flight 811
|
30,695
|
1,136
|
B
|
Mid
|
140
|
April 2015 Nepal earthquake
|
30,664
|
1,135
|
B
|
High
|
141
|
Opioid epidemic
|
30,264
|
1,120
|
C
|
Mid
|
142
|
Heysel Stadium disaster
|
30,203
|
1,118
|
B
|
Mid
|
143
|
United Airlines Flight 232
|
30,097
|
1,114
|
GA
|
Mid
|
144
|
Centralia mine fire
|
29,249
|
1,083
|
C
|
Low
|
145
|
Nara Lokesh
|
29,189
|
1,081
|
Start
|
Low
|
146
|
Hurricane Sandy
|
29,046
|
1,075
|
C
|
Top
|
147
|
Bloody Sunday (1905)
|
28,906
|
1,070
|
Start
|
Mid
|
148
|
Costa Concordia disaster
|
28,850
|
1,068
|
B
|
Mid
|
149
|
Chernobyl Exclusion Zone
|
28,670
|
1,061
|
C
|
Top
|
150
|
Air India Flight 182
|
28,623
|
1,060
|
B
|
Low
|
151
|
Passengers of the RMS Titanic
|
28,579
|
1,058
|
C
|
Unknown
|
152
|
Great Chicago Fire
|
28,469
|
1,054
|
C
|
High
|
153
|
List of accidents and disasters by death toll
|
28,307
|
1,048
|
List
|
Unknown
|
154
|
2015 Tianjin explosions
|
28,210
|
1,044
|
C
|
Top
|
155
|
Chelyabinsk meteor
|
28,066
|
1,039
|
C
|
Mid
|
156
|
Yarnell Hill Fire
|
28,032
|
1,038
|
C
|
Mid
|
157
|
American Airlines Flight 587
|
27,933
|
1,034
|
GA
|
Low
|
158
|
Costa Concordia
|
27,930
|
1,034
|
C
|
Unknown
|
159
|
Typhoon Haiyan
|
27,838
|
1,031
|
C
|
High
|
160
|
Humboldt Broncos bus crash
|
27,692
|
1,025
|
C
|
Low
|
161
|
Famine
|
27,398
|
1,014
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
162
|
Swissair Flight 111
|
27,382
|
1,014
|
GA
|
Top
|
163
|
Asteroid impact avoidance
|
27,365
|
1,013
|
C
|
Unknown
|
164
|
1984 anti-Sikh riots
|
27,308
|
1,011
|
C
|
Unknown
|
165
|
Oil spill
|
27,290
|
1,010
|
B
|
Low
|
166
|
Tokyo subway sarin attack
|
27,254
|
1,009
|
C
|
Unknown
|
167
|
TransAsia Airways Flight 235
|
27,216
|
1,008
|
C
|
Low
|
168
|
Operation Enduring Freedom
|
27,042
|
1,001
|
C
|
Mid
|
169
|
2011 England riots
|
26,740
|
990
|
B
|
Unknown
|
170
|
Firefighter
|
26,588
|
984
|
B
|
High
|
171
|
Impact event
|
26,049
|
964
|
B
|
High
|
172
|
List of mass shootings in the United States in 2019
|
25,970
|
961
|
List
|
Unknown
|
173
|
List of Bermuda Triangle incidents
|
25,963
|
961
|
List
|
NA
|
174
|
1977 Mississippi CV-240 crash
|
25,844
|
957
|
C
|
Low
|
175
|
Hurricane Florence
|
25,733
|
953
|
C
|
Mid
|
176
|
Mass shooting
|
25,726
|
952
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
177
|
Avalanche
|
25,706
|
952
|
B
|
High
|
178
|
Emergency management
|
25,638
|
949
|
C
|
Top
|
179
|
Asiana Airlines Flight 214
|
25,301
|
937
|
B
|
Low
|
180
|
Moscow theater hostage crisis
|
24,641
|
912
|
B
|
Unknown
|
181
|
Air New Zealand Flight 901
|
24,562
|
909
|
B
|
High
|
182
|
Delta Air Lines Flight 1141
|
24,308
|
900
|
Start
|
Low
|
183
|
List of Holocaust survivors
|
24,271
|
898
|
List
|
Unknown
|
184
|
1989 Loma Prieta earthquake
|
24,034
|
890
|
B
|
High
|
185
|
Eastern Air Lines Flight 663
|
23,862
|
883
|
GA
|
Mid
|
186
|
Castle Bravo
|
23,833
|
882
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
187
|
Helios Airways Flight 522
|
23,786
|
880
|
Start
|
Low
|
188
|
Rosewood massacre
|
23,704
|
877
|
FA
|
Low
|
189
|
Libyan Arab Airlines Flight 114
|
23,570
|
872
|
C
|
Unknown
|
190
|
Mariana dam disaster
|
23,556
|
872
|
Stub
|
Mid
|
191
|
Mayday
|
23,387
|
866
|
Start
|
Mid
|
192
|
Luby's shooting
|
23,361
|
865
|
Start
|
Low
|
193
|
Global catastrophic risk
|
23,218
|
859
|
C
|
Top
|
194
|
LaMia Flight 2933
|
23,204
|
859
|
C
|
Mid
|
195
|
Svalbard Global Seed Vault
|
23,169
|
858
|
C
|
Low
|
196
|
British Airways Flight 5390
|
23,162
|
857
|
Start
|
Low
|
197
|
2011 Christchurch earthquake
|
23,148
|
857
|
B
|
Unknown
|
198
|
Kessler syndrome
|
23,072
|
854
|
Start
|
Unknown
|
199
|
Iran Air Flight 655
|
22,604
|
837
|
B
|
Low
|
200
|
Cavalese cable car disaster (1998)
|
22,518
|
834
|
Start
|
Low
|
201
|
Mayday (Canadian TV series)
|
22,321
|
826
|
Start
|
Low
|
202
|
Sinking of MV Sewol
|
21,876
|
810
|
B
|
High
|
203
|
Epidemic
|
21,603
|
800
|
C
|
High
|
204
|
2016 shooting of Dallas police officers
|
21,443
|
794
|
C
|
Unknown
|
205
|
Piper Alpha
|
21,323
|
789
|
B
|
High
|
206
|
2019 Dhaka fire
|
21,307
|
789
|
Start
|
Unknown
|
207
|
Khojaly Massacre
|
21,297
|
788
|
B
|
Mid
|
208
|
2013 Savar building collapse
|
21,193
|
784
|
C
|
High
|
209
|
United States housing bubble
|
21,187
|
784
|
B
|
Mid
|
210
|
Megatsunami
|
21,159
|
783
|
C
|
Mid
|
211
|
TAROM Flight 371
|
21,038
|
779
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
212
|
1755 Lisbon earthquake
|
20,845
|
772
|
C
|
Mid
|
213
|
West African Ebola virus epidemic
|
20,497
|
759
|
GA
|
High
|
214
|
Fire engine
|
20,411
|
755
|
B
|
High
|
215
|
Operation Yellow Ribbon
|
20,305
|
752
|
Start
|
Mid
|
216
|
ValuJet Flight 592
|
20,270
|
750
|
Start
|
Low
|
217
|
List of tsunamis
|
20,126
|
745
|
C
|
High
|
218
|
Hyatt Regency walkway collapse
|
20,047
|
742
|
C
|
Mid
|
219
|
1983 Beirut barracks bombings
|
19,885
|
736
|
B
|
High
|
220
|
Omayra Sánchez
|
19,520
|
722
|
FA
|
Low
|
221
|
2002 Bali bombings
|
19,342
|
716
|
B
|
Mid
|
222
|
2008 K2 disaster
|
19,276
|
713
|
C
|
Low
|
223
|
Air Florida Flight 90
|
18,898
|
699
|
B
|
Low
|
224
|
Cave of the Patriarchs massacre
|
18,858
|
698
|
B
|
Unknown
|
225
|
List of epidemics
|
18,839
|
697
|
List
|
Low
|
226
|
Soviet submarine K-19
|
18,789
|
695
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
227
|
2009 flu pandemic
|
18,658
|
691
|
GA
|
Mid
|
228
|
List of rampage killers
|
18,650
|
690
|
List
|
Unknown
|
229
|
Aeroflot Flight 593
|
18,566
|
687
|
C
|
Low
|
230
|
Survivalism
|
18,484
|
684
|
C
|
Unknown
|
231
|
Great Flood of 1862
|
18,446
|
683
|
C
|
Unknown
|
232
|
1993 Long Island Rail Road shooting
|
18,405
|
681
|
B
|
Unknown
|
233
|
Avianca Flight 203
|
18,268
|
676
|
B
|
Low
|
234
|
Largest artificial non-nuclear explosions
|
18,201
|
674
|
C
|
High
|
235
|
Delta Air Lines Flight 191
|
18,174
|
673
|
C
|
Unknown
|
236
|
Lauda Air Flight 004
|
18,124
|
671
|
B
|
Low
|
237
|
Raman Raghav
|
18,107
|
670
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
238
|
Accident
|
17,988
|
666
|
Start
|
Unknown
|
239
|
Byford Dolphin
|
17,903
|
663
|
C
|
Low
|
240
|
ARkStorm
|
17,860
|
661
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
241
|
Hungerford massacre
|
17,807
|
659
|
C
|
Unknown
|
242
|
2008 Chinese milk scandal
|
17,705
|
655
|
B
|
Mid
|
243
|
Mount Tambora
|
17,504
|
648
|
GA
|
Unknown
|
244
|
Native American disease and epidemics
|
17,496
|
648
|
C
|
Mid
|
245
|
2006 Mumbai train bombings
|
17,494
|
647
|
C
|
Low
|
246
|
Northern Illinois University shooting
|
17,191
|
636
|
GA
|
Mid
|
247
|
2009 Taconic State Parkway crash
|
17,124
|
634
|
C
|
Low
|
248
|
Peak oil
|
17,080
|
632
|
GA
|
Unknown
|
249
|
Chernobyl liquidators
|
16,750
|
620
|
B
|
Top
|
250
|
1964 Alaska earthquake
|
16,623
|
615
|
C
|
Unknown
|
251
|
FEMA camps conspiracy theory
|
16,564
|
613
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
252
|
Houston, we have a problem
|
16,534
|
612
|
Start
|
Low
|
253
|
Bloody Sunday (1920)
|
16,378
|
606
|
C
|
Mid
|
254
|
Pest (organism)
|
16,367
|
606
|
C
|
Mid
|
255
|
1999 South Dakota Learjet crash
|
16,316
|
604
|
GA
|
Unknown
|
256
|
Indonesia AirAsia Flight 8501
|
16,307
|
603
|
C
|
Low
|
257
|
1996 Charkhi Dadri mid-air collision
|
16,296
|
603
|
B
|
Mid
|
258
|
Warrington bomb attacks
|
16,238
|
601
|
C
|
Unknown
|
259
|
Moorgate tube crash
|
16,173
|
599
|
FA
|
Unknown
|
260
|
1994 Fairchild Air Force Base B-52 crash
|
16,117
|
596
|
FA
|
Mid
|
261
|
Centennial Olympic Park bombing
|
15,995
|
592
|
C
|
Low
|
262
|
2010 Copiapó mining accident
|
15,979
|
591
|
B
|
High
|
263
|
I-35W Mississippi River bridge
|
15,977
|
591
|
GA
|
High
|
264
|
List of disasters in the United States by death toll
|
15,921
|
589
|
List
|
Unknown
|
265
|
2018 Kivu Ebola outbreak
|
15,876
|
588
|
B
|
Mid
|
266
|
2004 Madrid train bombings
|
15,870
|
587
|
B
|
Mid
|
267
|
Emergency medical services
|
15,858
|
587
|
B
|
Top
|
268
|
1998 United States embassy bombings
|
15,837
|
586
|
C
|
Mid
|
269
|
Kyshtym disaster
|
15,790
|
584
|
C
|
Mid
|
270
|
2018 Hawaii false missile alert
|
15,767
|
583
|
C
|
Mid
|
271
|
2009 satellite collision
|
15,747
|
583
|
C
|
Unknown
|
272
|
Radioactive contamination
|
15,608
|
578
|
C
|
High
|
273
|
Hydraulic rescue tools
|
15,599
|
577
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
274
|
KLM Cityhopper Flight 433
|
15,559
|
576
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
275
|
Bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers
|
15,531
|
575
|
C
|
High
|
276
|
Aberfan disaster
|
15,436
|
571
|
FA
|
Low
|
277
|
Nuclear meltdown
|
15,357
|
568
|
C
|
High
|
278
|
2009 Fort Hood shooting
|
15,268
|
565
|
B
|
Unknown
|
279
|
Lifeboats of the RMS Titanic
|
15,246
|
564
|
B
|
Low
|
280
|
2011 Joplin tornado
|
14,992
|
555
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
281
|
Multiple-alarm fire
|
14,944
|
553
|
Start
|
Low
|
282
|
Emergency Alert System
|
14,841
|
549
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
283
|
2010 eruptions of Eyjafjallajökull
|
14,836
|
549
|
C
|
Mid
|
284
|
Great Fire of Rome
|
14,827
|
549
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
285
|
Air Transat Flight 236
|
14,812
|
548
|
Start
|
Low
|
286
|
Romani genocide
|
14,742
|
546
|
B
|
High
|
287
|
San Francisco plague of 1900–1904
|
14,574
|
539
|
Start
|
Low
|
288
|
Cocoanut Grove fire
|
14,515
|
537
|
C
|
Mid
|
289
|
CBRN defense
|
14,493
|
536
|
C
|
Mid
|
290
|
Bangladesh Rifles revolt
|
14,482
|
536
|
B
|
Unknown
|
291
|
Federal Express Flight 705
|
14,466
|
535
|
C
|
Low
|
292
|
Johnstown Flood
|
14,406
|
533
|
B
|
High
|
293
|
2017 Atlantic hurricane season
|
14,317
|
530
|
C
|
High
|
294
|
Vajont Dam
|
14,316
|
530
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
295
|
Civil Air Patrol
|
14,279
|
528
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
296
|
Lahar
|
14,253
|
527
|
C
|
High
|
297
|
1966 NASA T-38 crash
|
14,086
|
521
|
GA
|
Low
|
298
|
Texas City disaster
|
14,083
|
521
|
B
|
Mid
|
299
|
Flight 19
|
14,070
|
521
|
GA
|
Low
|
300
|
Eastern Air Lines Flight 401
|
13,984
|
517
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
301
|
Brighton hotel bombing
|
13,937
|
516
|
C
|
Unknown
|
302
|
Explosion
|
13,767
|
509
|
C
|
High
|
303
|
International Nuclear Event Scale
|
13,718
|
508
|
C
|
Mid
|
304
|
Search and rescue
|
13,708
|
507
|
C
|
Low
|
305
|
999 (emergency telephone number)
|
13,694
|
507
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
306
|
Tham Luang cave rescue
|
13,665
|
506
|
C
|
Mid
|
307
|
List of incidents of civil unrest in the United States
|
13,656
|
505
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
308
|
1961 Goldsboro B-52 crash
|
13,635
|
505
|
C
|
Mid
|
309
|
Continental Airlines Flight 1404
|
13,555
|
502
|
Start
|
Low
|
310
|
2019 Khash–Zahedan suicide bombing
|
13,550
|
501
|
Start
|
Unknown
|
311
|
List of rail accidents (2010–present)
|
13,487
|
499
|
List
|
Unknown
|
312
|
Aloha Airlines Flight 243
|
13,427
|
497
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
313
|
2015 Shoreham Airshow crash
|
13,335
|
493
|
B
|
Low
|
314
|
Black Death in England
|
13,304
|
492
|
B
|
Low
|
315
|
List of industrial disasters
|
13,293
|
492
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
316
|
National Airlines Flight 102
|
13,255
|
490
|
B
|
Low
|
317
|
List of accidents and incidents involving airliners by location
|
13,186
|
488
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
318
|
Metrojet Flight 9268
|
13,163
|
487
|
B
|
Mid
|
319
|
2016 Nice truck attack
|
13,145
|
486
|
B
|
Mid
|
320
|
List of bridge failures
|
13,124
|
486
|
List
|
High
|
321
|
2004 Sri Lanka tsunami train wreck
|
13,083
|
484
|
Start
|
Unknown
|
322
|
Bivouac shelter
|
13,034
|
482
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
323
|
Dust explosion
|
12,914
|
478
|
C
|
Mid
|
324
|
2018 Sulawesi earthquake and tsunami
|
12,909
|
478
|
C
|
Mid
|
325
|
Flash flood
|
12,909
|
478
|
Start
|
Mid
|
326
|
We Are the World 25 for Haiti
|
12,768
|
472
|
GA
|
Mid
|
327
|
Radiation effects from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster
|
12,756
|
472
|
C
|
Unknown
|
328
|
Emergency workers killed in the September 11 attacks
|
12,752
|
472
|
List
|
Mid
|
329
|
Early 2014 North American cold wave
|
12,684
|
469
|
C
|
Low
|
330
|
MV Explorer (1969)
|
12,593
|
466
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
331
|
2019 Saha Airlines Boeing 707 crash
|
12,584
|
466
|
Start
|
Low
|
332
|
Stampede
|
12,554
|
464
|
Start
|
Mid
|
333
|
Mount Weather Emergency Operations Center
|
12,535
|
464
|
Start
|
Mid
|
334
|
2008 Sichuan earthquake
|
12,532
|
464
|
GA
|
Mid
|
335
|
2005 Kashmir earthquake
|
12,531
|
464
|
B
|
Mid
|
336
|
List of volcanic eruptions by death toll
|
12,502
|
463
|
List
|
Mid
|
337
|
Santa María (ship)
|
12,499
|
462
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
338
|
R v Dudley and Stephens
|
12,495
|
462
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
339
|
Air France Flight 8969
|
12,480
|
462
|
B
|
Mid
|
340
|
Situation awareness
|
12,454
|
461
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
341
|
Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals
|
12,358
|
457
|
Start
|
Mid
|
342
|
STS-51-L
|
12,348
|
457
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
343
|
1923 Great Kantō earthquake
|
12,348
|
457
|
C
|
Unknown
|
344
|
Ash Wednesday bushfires
|
12,338
|
456
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
345
|
PSA Flight 182
|
12,291
|
455
|
C
|
Low
|
346
|
List of military nuclear accidents
|
12,266
|
454
|
C
|
Unknown
|
347
|
Aviation safety
|
12,216
|
452
|
B
|
Unknown
|
348
|
Deaths due to the Chernobyl disaster
|
12,213
|
452
|
List
|
Low
|
349
|
Savings and loan crisis
|
12,132
|
449
|
C
|
Mid
|
350
|
École Polytechnique massacre
|
12,125
|
449
|
FA
|
Unknown
|
351
|
Kegworth air disaster
|
12,097
|
448
|
C
|
Low
|
352
|
Waffle House Index
|
12,095
|
447
|
Start
|
Unknown
|
353
|
Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant
|
12,084
|
447
|
C
|
High
|
354
|
World Food Programme
|
12,082
|
447
|
C
|
Top
|
355
|
Akihabara massacre
|
12,063
|
446
|
B
|
Unknown
|
356
|
2010 Chile earthquake
|
11,915
|
441
|
C
|
Low
|
357
|
Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash
|
11,899
|
440
|
B
|
Low
|
358
|
El Al Flight 1862
|
11,888
|
440
|
C
|
Low
|
359
|
Northwest Airlines Flight 255
|
11,845
|
438
|
C
|
Unknown
|
360
|
2009 USS Port Royal grounding
|
11,844
|
438
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
361
|
Civil defense siren
|
11,834
|
438
|
Start
|
Low
|
362
|
Banqiao Dam
|
11,772
|
436
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
363
|
2018 Leicester helicopter crash
|
11,769
|
435
|
C
|
Low
|
364
|
Silver Bridge
|
11,725
|
434
|
C
|
Mid
|
365
|
Turkish Airlines Flight 981
|
11,712
|
433
|
C
|
Low
|
366
|
Massacre
|
11,700
|
433
|
Start
|
Low
|
367
|
The Holocaust in Poland
|
11,689
|
432
|
B
|
Unknown
|
368
|
Lists of disasters
|
11,687
|
432
|
List
|
NA
|
369
|
Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 1771
|
11,675
|
432
|
Start
|
Low
|
370
|
List of nuclear close calls
|
11,665
|
432
|
List
|
Unknown
|
371
|
1986 Cerritos mid-air collision
|
11,634
|
430
|
C
|
Low
|
372
|
USS Fitzgerald and MV ACX Crystal collision
|
11,595
|
429
|
C
|
Low
|
373
|
British Airways Flight 9
|
11,570
|
428
|
C
|
Low
|
374
|
Flood control
|
11,540
|
427
|
C
|
High
|
375
|
2011 Super Outbreak
|
11,526
|
426
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
376
|
1955 Le Mans disaster
|
11,482
|
425
|
C
|
Unknown
|
377
|
EgyptAir Flight 990
|
11,479
|
425
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
378
|
2016 Brussels bombings
|
11,468
|
424
|
C
|
Mid
|
379
|
2010 Polish Air Force Tu-154 crash
|
11,443
|
423
|
B
|
Mid
|
380
|
Avianca Flight 52
|
11,442
|
423
|
GA
|
Low
|
381
|
National Transportation Safety Board
|
11,431
|
423
|
Start
|
Unknown
|
382
|
Brock Long
|
11,403
|
422
|
Start
|
High
|
383
|
Ocean Ranger
|
11,361
|
420
|
Start
|
Unknown
|
384
|
Kuwaiti oil fires
|
11,310
|
418
|
C
|
High
|
385
|
Limnic eruption
|
11,221
|
415
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
386
|
China Airlines Flight 611
|
11,178
|
414
|
Start
|
Low
|
387
|
TWA Flight 847
|
11,117
|
411
|
Start
|
Low
|
388
|
2018 Sunda Strait tsunami
|
11,099
|
411
|
C
|
Low
|
389
|
Emergency vehicle lighting
|
11,083
|
410
|
B
|
Mid
|
390
|
Southern Airways Flight 932
|
11,055
|
409
|
Start
|
Mid
|
391
|
Bioterrorism
|
11,023
|
408
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
392
|
Pan-pan
|
10,992
|
407
|
Start
|
Mid
|
393
|
UPS Airlines Flight 6
|
10,948
|
405
|
Start
|
Mid
|
394
|
List of California wildfires
|
10,893
|
403
|
List
|
Low
|
395
|
Dirty bomb
|
10,885
|
403
|
C
|
Unknown
|
396
|
List of fires
|
10,770
|
398
|
List
|
High
|
397
|
Sergey Shoygu
|
10,766
|
398
|
Start
|
Low
|
398
|
Pipe bomb
|
10,740
|
397
|
Start
|
Low
|
399
|
Humanitarian aid
|
10,725
|
397
|
Start
|
Mid
|
400
|
Hazmat suit
|
10,631
|
393
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
401
|
Emergency
|
10,629
|
393
|
C
|
High
|
402
|
USS Akron (ZRS-4)
|
10,594
|
392
|
C
|
Low
|
403
|
Halle train collision
|
10,586
|
392
|
Start
|
Unknown
|
404
|
Air France Flight 296
|
10,562
|
391
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
405
|
1970 Bhola cyclone
|
10,561
|
391
|
B
|
Top
|
406
|
List of floods
|
10,505
|
389
|
List
|
High
|
407
|
2013 El Reno tornado
|
10,480
|
388
|
GA
|
Low
|
408
|
List of disasters in Great Britain and Ireland by death toll
|
10,396
|
385
|
List
|
Low
|
409
|
State defense force
|
10,351
|
383
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
410
|
List of fatalities from aviation accidents
|
10,331
|
382
|
List
|
Mid
|
411
|
Korean Air Flight 801
|
10,237
|
379
|
B
|
Unknown
|
412
|
Ponte Morandi
|
10,200
|
377
|
C
|
Low
|
413
|
Anfal genocide
|
10,198
|
377
|
B
|
Mid
|
414
|
Thurston High School shooting
|
10,194
|
377
|
C
|
Mid
|
415
|
LANSA Flight 508
|
10,159
|
376
|
C
|
Low
|
416
|
Tornadoes in the United States
|
10,138
|
375
|
C
|
Unknown
|
417
|
West Nickel Mines School shooting
|
10,119
|
374
|
Start
|
Mid
|
418
|
Civil defense
|
10,107
|
374
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
419
|
2017 Westminster attack
|
10,099
|
374
|
B
|
Low
|
420
|
SL-1
|
10,096
|
373
|
Start
|
Unknown
|
421
|
Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961
|
10,093
|
373
|
C
|
Unknown
|
422
|
Cavalese cable car disaster (1976)
|
10,090
|
373
|
Stub
|
Low
|
423
|
List of rampage killers (Americas)
|
10,039
|
371
|
List
|
Unknown
|
424
|
Singapore Airlines Flight 006
|
10,028
|
371
|
Start
|
Mid
|
425
|
Tarpaulin
|
9,995
|
370
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
426
|
Saddleworth Moor
|
9,940
|
368
|
Start
|
Low
|
427
|
Hartford circus fire
|
9,910
|
367
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
428
|
North Sea flood of 1953
|
9,890
|
366
|
C
|
High
|
429
|
Douma chemical attack
|
9,822
|
363
|
C
|
Unknown
|
430
|
Lufthansa Flight 181
|
9,804
|
363
|
C
|
Low
|
431
|
2016 Oakland warehouse fire
|
9,797
|
362
|
C
|
Unknown
|
432
|
Great Hanshin earthquake
|
9,748
|
361
|
C
|
Mid
|
433
|
1966 Palomares B-52 crash
|
9,719
|
359
|
B
|
Low
|
434
|
Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station
|
9,647
|
357
|
Start
|
Low
|
435
|
Chicago race riot of 1919
|
9,631
|
356
|
GA
|
Low
|
436
|
CARE (relief agency)
|
9,614
|
356
|
Start
|
Mid
|
437
|
Infection control
|
9,613
|
356
|
C
|
High
|
438
|
Aeroflot Flight 821
|
9,612
|
356
|
Start
|
Unknown
|
439
|
List of mass hysteria cases
|
9,600
|
355
|
List
|
Mid
|
440
|
Megathrust earthquake
|
9,580
|
354
|
Stub
|
Mid
|
441
|
Arrow Air Flight 1285
|
9,503
|
351
|
Start
|
Low
|
442
|
Stardust fire
|
9,492
|
351
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
443
|
Natural hazard
|
9,483
|
351
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
444
|
2012 Buenos Aires rail disaster
|
9,481
|
351
|
C
|
Low
|
445
|
Mid-air collision
|
9,449
|
349
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
446
|
Air India Express Flight 812
|
9,386
|
347
|
GA
|
High
|
447
|
Tri-State Tornado
|
9,384
|
347
|
B
|
Mid
|
448
|
Bradford City stadium fire
|
9,375
|
347
|
C
|
Unknown
|
449
|
Ebola virus cases in the United States
|
9,278
|
343
|
C
|
Mid
|
450
|
West Fertilizer Company explosion
|
9,250
|
342
|
C
|
Mid
|
451
|
Turkish Airlines Flight 1951
|
9,236
|
342
|
B
|
Mid
|
452
|
Southern Airways Flight 242
|
9,153
|
339
|
Start
|
Mid
|
453
|
Gol Transportes Aéreos Flight 1907
|
9,138
|
338
|
FA
|
Mid
|
454
|
Air Canada Flight 797
|
9,136
|
338
|
B
|
Mid
|
455
|
Spanair Flight 5022
|
9,105
|
337
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
456
|
Nisour Square massacre
|
9,102
|
337
|
B
|
Unknown
|
457
|
Bug-out bag
|
9,084
|
336
|
Start
|
Mid
|
458
|
Emergency position-indicating radiobeacon station
|
9,065
|
335
|
C
|
Unknown
|
459
|
2007 Samjhauta Express bombings
|
9,023
|
334
|
B
|
Low
|
460
|
SS El Faro
|
9,006
|
333
|
C
|
Low
|
461
|
Crew resource management
|
8,969
|
332
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
462
|
List of accidents involving sports teams
|
8,953
|
331
|
List
|
Unknown
|
463
|
Rogers Commission Report
|
8,875
|
328
|
Start
|
Low
|
464
|
January 1998 North American ice storm
|
8,862
|
328
|
C
|
Unknown
|
465
|
American Airlines Flight 1
|
8,848
|
327
|
GA
|
Low
|
466
|
American Eagle Flight 4184
|
8,835
|
327
|
Start
|
Low
|
467
|
Pandemic H1N1/09 virus
|
8,822
|
326
|
Start
|
Low
|
468
|
Succession planning
|
8,806
|
326
|
Start
|
High
|
469
|
Northwest Airlines Flight 253
|
8,763
|
324
|
GA
|
Unknown
|
470
|
2013 Moore tornado
|
8,754
|
324
|
C
|
Mid
|
471
|
List of riots in India
|
8,742
|
323
|
List
|
Low
|
472
|
Vulnerability
|
8,739
|
323
|
Start
|
Top
|
473
|
TransAsia Airways Flight 222
|
8,731
|
323
|
C
|
Low
|
474
|
TACA Flight 110
|
8,715
|
322
|
C
|
Unknown
|
475
|
Mont Blanc Tunnel
|
8,711
|
322
|
Start
|
Mid
|
476
|
Windscale fire
|
8,691
|
321
|
B
|
Mid
|
477
|
Influenza pandemic
|
8,685
|
321
|
B
|
Unknown
|
478
|
Radio masts and towers
|
8,662
|
320
|
C
|
Unknown
|
479
|
Day-care sex-abuse hysteria
|
8,660
|
320
|
C
|
Unknown
|
480
|
Merrimack Valley gas explosions
|
8,653
|
320
|
Start
|
Unknown
|
481
|
British European Airways Flight 548
|
8,625
|
319
|
B
|
Mid
|
482
|
2015 Sousse attacks
|
8,624
|
319
|
C
|
Mid
|
483
|
Lists of nuclear disasters and radioactive incidents
|
8,620
|
319
|
List
|
Unknown
|
484
|
Port Chicago disaster
|
8,582
|
317
|
FA
|
Mid
|
485
|
Anthropogenic hazard
|
8,568
|
317
|
Start
|
Mid
|
486
|
1967 USS Forrestal fire
|
8,524
|
315
|
B
|
Low
|
487
|
Los Angeles runway disaster
|
8,516
|
315
|
B
|
Low
|
488
|
Garuda Indonesia Flight 152
|
8,486
|
314
|
Start
|
Unknown
|
489
|
List of riots
|
8,482
|
314
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
490
|
Dawson's Field hijackings
|
8,478
|
314
|
C
|
Low
|
491
|
January 31 – February 2, 2011 North American blizzard
|
8,433
|
312
|
C
|
Unknown
|
492
|
1998 Townsville floods
|
8,399
|
311
|
C
|
Low
|
493
|
Saudia Flight 163
|
8,384
|
310
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
494
|
Coventry Blitz
|
8,342
|
308
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
495
|
List of oil spills
|
8,342
|
308
|
C
|
Mid
|
496
|
1976 Tangshan earthquake
|
8,340
|
308
|
C
|
High
|
497
|
SilkAir Flight 185
|
8,317
|
308
|
Start
|
Low
|
498
|
Itavia Flight 870
|
8,246
|
305
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
499
|
USS Iowa turret explosion
|
8,221
|
304
|
FA
|
Mid
|
500
|
Peshtigo fire
|
8,201
|
303
|
C
|
Mid
|