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Famous Disasters on the Map

Each dot corresponds with a famous disaster, either a natural or manmade one. Use the dates to help you, too.
Some answers require "(place) (disaster)" like "Lisbon earthquake".
Some dots represent the epicenter of the disaster.
Death tolls are approximate in many cases.
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Last updated: December 31, 2019
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First submittedOctober 5, 2018
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Year
Death Toll
Disaster
79
16,000
Vesuvius eruption
1883
36,000+
Krakatoa eruption
1900
400+
Galveston hurricane
1906
3000
San Francisco earthquake
1908
2?
Tunguska Event
1912
1500
Titanic
1915
1198
Lusitania
1917
2000
Halifax explosion
1934-9
7000
The Dust Bowl
1938
500,000
Yellow River flood
1979
0+
Three Mile Island
Year
Death Toll
Disaster
1980
57
Mount St. Helens eruption
1984
3,787+
Bhopal disaster
1986
7
Challenger disaster
1986
31+
Chernobyl
1989
0 (humans)
Exxon Valdez oil spill
2004
227,898
Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
2005
1,836
Hurricane Katrina
2010
11
Deepwater Horizon oil spill
2010
160,000
Haiti earthquake
2011
15,896
Tohoku earthquake
2015
2000+
Mina stampede (Mecca)
+1
Level 85
Nov 7, 2021
What other disasters are notable?