List of disasters in Metro Manila by death toll

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

YearTypeFatalitiesDamage (US$)ArticleLocationComments 1945 Warfare 100,000–240,000 1945 Battle of Manila Manila Fatalities estimated. The city was completely destroyed.

10,000 to 100,000 deaths

YearTypeFatalitiesDamage (US$)ArticleLocationComments 1662 Insurrection 10,000Cho-yun Hsu. (2012). China: A New Cultural History. Columbia University Press, 407. 1662 Manila Chinese massacre Manila Fatalities estimated.

1,000 to 9,999 deaths

YearTypeFatalitiesDamage (US$)ArticleLocationComments 1603 Insurrection 5,000–25,000 1603 Manila Chinese massacre Manila Fatalities estimated. 1863 Earthquake 1,000Davis, Lee Allyn (2008). "Natural Disasters." pp. 85-86. Infobase Publishing. 1863 Manila earthquake Manila Fatalities estimated.

100 to 999 deaths

YearTypeFatalitiesDamage (US$)ArticleLocationComments 1897 Warfare 891 Battle of Zapote Bridge Las Piñas 1970 Typhoon 611Bankoff, G., Christensen, J. (2016). Natural Hazards and Peoples in the Indian Ocean World: Bordering on Danger. Springer, 119. Typhoon Patsy Metro Manila 1645 Earthquake 600Citizens' Disaster Response Center (Philippines). (1992). Disasters, the Philippine experience. University of Michigan, 63–64. 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 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 110–120Jackson, Mark. (2016). The Routledge History of Disease. Routledge, 192. First cholera pandemic riots Manila

Epidemics Rank Article Dates of impact Deaths 1 Fifth cholera pandemic 1882 34,000Teck Ghee Lim. (1988). Reflections on Development in Southeast Asia. Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. ASEAN Economic Research Unit, 136–140. 2 COVID-19 pandemic 2020–2023 10,277–13,546 3 Spanish flu pandemic 1918 5,055Philippines 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). 4 Sixth cholera pandemic 1902 4,386Philippines 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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