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.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by expanding it with reliably sourced entries.

Over 100,000 deaths
Year Type Fatalities Damage (US$) Article Location Comments
1945 Warfare 100,000–240,000 1945 Battle of Manila Manila Fatalities estimated. The city was completely destroyed.

10,000 to 100,000 deaths
Year Type Fatalities Damage (US$) Article Location Comments
1882 Epidemic 34,000[1] Fifth cholera pandemic Manila Fatalities estimated.
1603 Insurrection 5,000–25,000[2] 1603 Manila Chinese massacre Manila Fatalities estimated.
1662 Insurrection 10,000[3] 1662 Manila Chinese massacre Manila Fatalities estimated.

1,000 to 9,999 deaths
Year Type Fatalities Damage (US$) Article Location Comments
1918 Epidemic 5,055[4] Spanish flu pandemic
1902 Epidemic 4,386[5] Sixth cholera pandemic
2020 Epidemic 1,245 COVID-19 pandemic
1863 Earthquake 1,000[6] 1863 Manila earthquake Manila Fatalities estimated.

100 to 999 deaths
Year Type Fatalities Damage (US$) Article Location Comments
1897 Warfare 891 Battle of Zapote Bridge
1970 Typhoon 611[7] Typhoon Patsy
1645 Earthquake 600[8] 1645 Luzon earthquake
1899 Warfare 539 Second Battle of Caloocan
2009 Typhoon 448 Typhoon Ketsana
1899 Warfare 293 1899 Battle of Manila
1968 Earthquake 268[9] 1968 Casiguran earthquake
1762 Warfare 247 1762 Battle of Manila
2000 Landslide 218 Payatas landslide
1899 Warfare 165 Battle of Zapote River
1996 Fire 162 Ozone Disco fire
1896 Warfare 155 Battle of San Juan del Monte
2004 Terrorism 116 SuperFerry 14 bombing
1820 Riot 110–120[10] First cholera pandemic riots

References
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  4. Philippines 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).
  5. Philippines 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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  9. "1968 August 02 Casiguran Earthquake". Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
  10. Jackson, Mark. (2016). The Routledge History of Disease. Routledge, 192.
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