| Rank |
Date |
Country |
Event |
Victims |
| 1 |
Jan. 12 |
Haiti |
Earthquake (Mw 7.0), aftershocks |
222,570 |
| 2 |
Jun. 15 |
Russia, Czech Republic |
Heat wave with temperatures up to 40 degrees Celsius |
55,630 |
| 3 |
Apr. 14 |
China |
Earthquake (Mw 6.9), aftershocks |
2,968 |
| 4 |
May 29 |
China |
Floods, mudslides caused by heavy monsoonal rain |
2,490 |
| 5 |
Jul. 21 |
Pakistan |
Floods caused by heavy monsoonal rains |
1,980 |
| 6 |
Aug. 8 |
China |
Mudslide caused by heavy rain |
1,765 |
| 7 |
Feb. 27 |
Chile |
Earthquake (Mw 8.8) triggers tsunami, more than 200 aftershocks |
562 |
| 8 |
Oct. 25 |
Indonesia |
Earthquake (Mw 7.8) triggers tsunami |
545 |
| 9 |
Jul. 17 |
Peru, Chile, Argentina et al. |
Cold wave with temperatures close to freezing |
522 |
| 10 |
Feb. 25 |
Uganda |
Floods and landslides caused by heavy rain |
400 |
(1) Dead and missing.
Source: Swiss Re, sigma, No. 1/2011. |