List of disasters in Taiwan by death toll

This list of Taiwanese disasters by death toll includes major disasters (excluding acts of war) that occurred on Taiwanese soil or involved Taiwanese citizens, in a definable incident, where the loss of life was 10 or more.

200 or more deaths

FatalitiesYearArticleTypeLocationComments44,6381918-1920Spanish FluPandemicNationwide19,0392020-2023COVID-19 in TaiwanPandemicNationwide3,27619351935 Shinchiku-Taichū earthquakeEarthquakeNorthwest Taiwan3,000+1845Storm surgeYunlin County2,6711955-19771955-77 Polio epidemicEpidemicNationwide2,41519991999 Jiji earthquakeEarthquakeCentral Taiwan2,21019461946 Cholera epidemicEpidemicNationwide1,258-1,26619061906 Meishan earthquakeEarthquakeSouth central Taiwan1,0301848EarthquakeChanghua County7821948-19581948-58 Rabies outbreakDisease outbreakNationwide6992009Typhoon MorakotTyphoonSouthern and eastern Taiwan6671959FloodCentral and southern Taiwan6171792EarthquakeChiayi County58018671867 Keelung earthquakeEarthquakeKeelung500-1,7001862EarthquakeTainan3811845EarthquakeTaichung3721736EarthquakeTainan3631963Typhoon GloriaTyphoonNorthern Taiwan35819411941 Chungpu earthquakeEarthquakeChiayi County2931961Typhoon PamelaTyphoonEastern Taiwan2701879Sinking of the S.S. New TaiwanMaritime disasterParacel Islands (disputed)2252002China Airlines Flight 611Plane crashTaiwan Strait offshore of Penghu County22019571957 Diphtheria epidemicEpidemicNationwide21420152015 dengue outbreak in TaiwanDisease outbreakSouthern Taiwan2142001Typhoon TorajiTyphoonEastern and central Taiwan2071908Sinking of the MatsushimaMaritime disasterMagong, Penghu County2021998China Airlines Flight 676Plane crashTaoyuan

100 to 199 deaths

FatalitiesYearArticleTypeLocationComments1531952Typhoon BessTyphoonSouthern Taiwan14519041904 Douliu earthquakeEarthquakeYunlin County1431970Typhoon FranTyphoonNorthern Taiwan1301892Sinking of the SS BokharaMaritime disasterPenghu County11720162016 southern Taiwan earthquakeEarthquakeSouthern Taiwan1171839EarthquakeChiayi County1131815EarthquakeNew Taipei1101981Far Eastern Air Transport Flight 103Plane crashSanyi Township, Miaoli County10619641964 Baihe earthquakeEarthquakeSouthern Taiwan1051969Typhoon ElsieTyphoonNorthern and eastern Taiwan1042001Typhoon NariTyphoonNorthern Taiwan1041960Typhoon ShirleyTyphoonNorthern and eastern Taiwan1031984Mine disasterRuifang District, New Taipei1001956Maritime disasterOffshore of Wangan Township, Penghu County

99 to 10 deaths