List of avalanches by death toll

This is an incomplete list of notable avalanches.

Death toll (estimate) Event Location Date
1 22,000Huascarán avalanche; triggered by the 1970 Ancash earthquake[1]Peru1970
2 2,000−10,000White Friday (1916)[2]Italy1916
3 4,000Huascarán avalanche[1]Peru1962
4 3102015 Afghanistan avalanchesAfghanistan2015
5 265Winter of Terror; series of 649 avalanchesAustria-Switzerland1951
6 201 (56 confirmed, 145 presumed dead)2012 Afghanistan avalanches[3]Afghanistan2012
7 200Lahaul Valley avalanche[4]India1979
8 1722010 Salang avalanches; series of at least 36 avalanchesAfghanistan2010
9 1551918 Mitsumata village avalanche[5]Japan1918
10 1541918 Asahi village avalancheJapan1918
11 1382012 Gayari Sector avalanchePakistan2012
12 125Kolka-Karmadon rock ice slideRussia2002
13 107Saint-Martin[6] (Hautes-Pyrénées)France1600
14 1022010 Kohistan avalanchePakistan2010
15 971992 Görmeç avalancheTurkey1992
16 96Wellington, Washington avalanche; deadliest avalanche in the United StatesUnited States1910
17 901922 Ōmi Train avalanche[7]Japan1922
18 841938 Unazuki avalanche[8]Japan1938
19 81PragelatoItaly1904
20 79 (57 confirmed 22 presumed dead)1954 Blons avalanchesAustria1954
21 70Frassino avalancheItaly1885
22 65Palm Sunday Avalanche; deadliest avalanche along Chilkoot Trail (Alaska)United States1898
23 621910 Rogers Pass avalanche; deadliest avalanche in CanadaCanada1910
24 591993 Bayburt Üzengili avalancheTurkey1993
25 55Møre og RomsdalNorway1679
26 50SiglunesiIceland1613
27 43Lenin Peak[9]Kyrgyzstan1990
2014 Nepal snowstorm disasterNepalOctober 2014
29 421995 Gokyo avalanche[10]Nepal1995
30 412020 Van avalanchesTurkey2020
31 40Puente del Inca avalanche[11]Argentina1965
32 39Val-d'Isère[12]France1970
33 38Huez-en-Oisans[13]France1749
34 37Ortiporio (Corsica)France1934
35 32Vallouise (Hautes-Alpes)France1757
36 311999 Galtür avalancheAustria1999
37 29Rigopiano avalancheItaly2017
38 28Granduc Mine Avalanche[14]Canada1965
39 24SeyðisfjörðurIceland1885
2017 Gurez sector avalancheIndia2017
41 23Bâlea Lake; deadliest avalanche in RomaniaRomaniaApril 1977
42 222015 Mount Everest avalanches; triggered by the April 2015 Nepal earthquake[15][16]NepalApril 2015
43 21Sogn og FjordaneNorway1873
LofotenNorway1956
45 20HnífsdalurIceland1910
1995 Flateyri avalancheIceland1995
47 18Rybô[17]Slovakia1924
48 16Low Tatras[18]Slovakia1956
VassdallNorway1986
2014 Mount Everest avalancheNepalApril 2014
51 151972 Manaslu Nepal avalancheNepal1972
52 141995 Súðavík avalancheIceland1995
53 121974 Neskaupstaður avalanchesIceland1974
High Tatras[19]Slovakia1974
Montroc avalanche[20]France1999
Kaprun avalancheAustria2000
57 11Flathead Valley avalanchesCanada2008
2009 Zigana avalancheTurkey2009
Manaslu[21]Nepal2012
60 102009 Afghan avalanchesAfghanistan2009
61 9SeyðisfjörðurIceland1732
SiglufjörðurIceland1919
Cerro ventana avalanche[22]Argentina2002
High Tatras (Rysy)PolandJanuary 2003
Mont Maudit avalanche[23]France2012
RestelicaKosovo2012
Aru Range, Rutog County; two of the largest avalanches in history[24][25][26][27][28]China (Tibet)2016
68 8Lewes avalanche; deadliest avalanche in the United KingdomUnited Kingdom1836
69 7Alpine Meadows (northern California)United StatesMarch 1983
Sankt Anton am Arlberg (Wolfsgruben avalanche)Austria1988
2003 Connaught Creek Valley avalancheCanada2003
Western TatrasSlovakia2005
73 6Oravska MaguraSlovakia1968
1970 Mount Everest disasterNepal1970
2009 Schalfkogel avalancheAustria2009
Valfréjus avalancheFranceJanuary 2016
77 5Loveland Pass avalanche[29] (Colorado)United States2013
2016 Geier avalancheAustriaFebruary 2016
79 31996 Mount Everest disaster[30]Nepal1996
2009 Buachaille Etive Mòr avalancheUnited Kingdom2009
2012 Tunnel Creek avalanche (Washington)United States2012
2019 Howse Peak avalancheCanada2019
2020 Silver Mountain avalanche (northern Idaho)United States2020

See also

References
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  24. "Avalanche buries 9 in Tibet". China Internet Center. 18 July 2016. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
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