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Disasters in numbers

What the map holds, year by year and month by month, for the disasters we store. Hover a chart for its figures.

Records stored: 1,378,111
Disasters on the map: 19
Planned: 13
Live sources: 22
Newest record: 2026-11-04

Per year, since 2000

Records per year for each stored disaster, each on its own scale. Grey years do not compare with today: the source changed its method or stopped. 2026 is not over.

Earthquakes48,196 events · peak 2011 (2,701)

Tropical cyclones2,442 events · peak 2020 (106)

Floods565 events · peak 2007 (44)

Wildfires20,526 events · peak 2026 (8,543)

Fires and burnt areas in Europe20,700 events · peak 2024 (3,561)

Large fires worldwide1,036,577 events · peak 2004 (60,776)

Volcanic eruptions49 events · peak 2013 (9)

Landslides12,948 events · peak 2010 (1,598)

Droughts44 events · peak 2018 (19)

Sargassum64,277 cells · peak 2026 (12,430)

Sargassum on beaches128,958 cells · peak 2026 (86,005)

Sargassum seen by people7,428 events · peak 2026 (1,649)

Sargassum measured on the coast (Puerto Rico)2,766 events · peak 2025 (535)

Red tides10,689 events · peak 2018 (1,610)

Harmful algal blooms7,319 events · peak 2020 (507)

The last 24 months

Records per month, each row shaded against its own busiest month.

Stored records

Every record in the database, by disaster.

Earthquakes by magnitude

M5 and above since 1990 (USGS). Each magnitude up is about ten times rarer: 554 reached M7 (in black).

Sources, by status

How many providers are live, candidates or restricted, and how we reach their data.