Stadium
roof caves in |
1982 |
November |
2nd |
August
20 Stdm.Algiers |
Algeria |
Building |
Spectators |
No |
Cardex |
Hyatt
Regency Hotel:110d Inj:188 |
1981 |
July |
17th |
Kansas
City |
America |
Building |
Ceiling |
Yes |
63 |
Five
storey building:11dd |
1981 |
March |
27th |
Cocoa
Beach, Florida |
America |
Building |
Caves
in |
No |
Cardex |
High
rise apartment |
1987 |
April |
23rd |
Bridgeport,
Connecticut |
America |
Building |
Collapsed |
No |
Cardex |
Department
store |
1988 |
July |
7th |
Brownsville,
Texas |
America |
Building |
Collapsed |
No |
Cardex |
Department
store wall |
1997 |
January |
(late) |
Houston,
Texas |
America |
Building |
Collapsed |
Yes |
431 |
Dhaka
University Hall:71d Inj:300 |
1985 |
October |
15th. |
Dhaka |
Bangladesh |
Building |
Roof
caved in |
No |
Cardex |
Deaths
at Supermarket |
1972 |
December |
20th |
Rio
de Janeiro |
Brazil |
Building |
Roof
Collapsed |
No |
Cardex |
High
wall at a gold field |
1986 |
October |
2nd |
Para
State |
Brazil |
Building |
Collapsed |
No |
Cardex |
New
cement warehouse |
1996 |
June |
30th |
Salvador |
Brazil |
Building |
Collapsed |
No |
Cardex |
Grain
silo |
1996 |
June |
21st |
Salvador |
Brazil |
Building |
Collapsed |
No |
Cardex |
Church
roof: 20+dd Inj:500+ |
1998 |
September |
5th |
Osasco |
Brazil |
Building |
Collapsed |
No |
Cardex
|
School
collapsed |
1986 |
September |
12th |
Dazheng
Henan Province |
China |
Building |
Structural
defects |
No |
Cardex |
Factory
roof |
1990 |
February |
(mid) |
Dalian |
China |
Building |
Collapsed |
No |
Cardex |
Blast
furnace at steel mill |
1990 |
March |
12th |
Gansu
Province |
China |
Building |
Collapsed |
No |
Cardex |
Three
storey building |
1996 |
June |
29th |
Fujian
Province |
China |
Building |
Collapsed |
No |
Cardex |
Building
collapsed:20dead |
1997 |
March |
27th |
Putian |
China |
Building |
Unknown |
No |
Cardex |
Soccer
grandstand:17dd |
1981 |
November |
18th |
Ibague |
Colombia |
Building |
Collapsed |
No |
Cardex |
Temporary
soccer stand |
1992 |
May |
5th |
Bastia |
Corsica |
Building |
Collapsed |
No |
Cardex |
Residential
Hotel Luz: 28 dead Inj: 50 |
1965 |
December |
18th |
Havana |
Cuba |
Building |
Collapsed |
No |
Cardex |
Convent
School Chapel: 120 dead |
1963 |
February |
2nd |
Biblian |
Ecuador |
Building |
Collapsed |
No |
Cardex |
Houses
x2 collapse:23dd |
1981 |
March |
10th |
Beni
Suef |
Egypt |
Building |
Unknown |
No |
Cardex |
Five
storey house: 55dd |
1982 |
December |
3rd |
Cairo |
Egypt |
Building |
Collapsed |
No |
Cardex |
Four
storey building |
1984 |
May |
4th |
Cairo |
Egypt |
Building |
Collapsed |
No |
Cardex |
Five
storey building |
1984 |
August |
17th |
Cairo |
Egypt |
Building |
Collapsed |
No |
Cardex |
Five
storey building (old) |
1984 |
November |
9th |
Tanta |
Egypt |
Building |
Collapsed |
No |
Cardex |
Apartment
& Tenements |
1986 |
January |
12th |
Cairo |
Egypt |
Building |
Collapsed |
No |
Cardex |
Apartment
building |
1988 |
August |
19th |
Cairo |
Egypt |
Building |
Collapsed |
No |
Cardex |
Crowded
house balcony |
1989 |
September |
14th |
Alexandria |
Egypt |
Building |
Collapsed |
No |
Cardex |
Two
Buildings: 11+ dead |
1993 |
June |
24th |
Cairo |
Egypt |
Building |
Collapsed |
No |
Cardex |
Apartment
building |
1996 |
October |
27th |
Heliopolis |
Egypt |
Building |
Collapsed |
No |
Cardex |
Brunswick
Theatre |
1828 |
February |
29th |
London |
England |
Building |
Roof
Collapsed |
No |
(B)Cardex |
Great
International Exhibition |
1851 |
May |
|
Crystal
Palace,London |
England |
Building |
Workforce |
Yes |
514 |
Charing
Cross Roof: 6 dead |
1905 |
December |
5th |
Charing
Cross Station |
England |
Building |
Collapsed |
No |
Cardex |
Football
Ground: 33 dd Inj:500 |
1946 |
March |
9th |
Bolton
Wanderers |
England |
Building |
Steel
barriers |
Yes |
524 |
Ronan
Point: 3 dead |
1968 |
May |
16th |
Newham |
England |
Building |
Gas
explosion |
Yes |
62 |
Scaffolding
kills 2 |
1972 |
November |
10th |
Whitehall
Court,London |
England |
Building |
Collapsed |
Yes |
430 |
Plashet
Grove Party: 68 injured |
1984 |
February |
11th |
London
E6 |
England |
Building |
Floor
broke |
Yes |
64 |
Construction/Link
Road: Inj: 2 |
1991 |
December |
|
Docklands/Limehouse |
England |
Building |
Collapsed |
No |
Cardex |
Pink
Floyd Concert: Inj:50 |
1994 |
October |
12th |
Earls
Court, W.London |
England |
Building |
Stand
Collapse |
Yes |
103 |
Collapse
of Wall:1 dead |
1995 |
August |
8th |
Chingford,
London |
England |
Building |
Weak
Structure |
Yes |
68 |
Concrete
Wall (90ft):11dd S.Inj:6 |
1985 |
May |
26th |
St.
Cyr-sur-Mer |
France |
Building |
Erosion |
No |
Cardex |
Supermarket
roof |
1994 |
January |
26th |
Nice |
France |
Building |
Collapsed |
No |
Cardex |
Building
Collapsed:50dead |
1996 |
August |
7th |
Port-au-Prince |
Haiti |
Building |
Unknown |
No |
Cardex |
Indian
Mosque:100+dead Inj:100+ |
1963 |
August |
20th |
Yeotmal |
India |
Building |
Collapsed |
No |
Cardex |
Classroom
Roof Collapsed |
1977 |
September |
7th |
Near
Jaipur |
India |
Building |
Baboons |
No |
Cardex |
Theatre's
wall incident |
1984 |
October |
1st |
Tamil
Nadu |
India |
Building |
Collapsed |
No |
Cardex |
3
Storey Building: 52dd Inj:56 |
1985 |
August |
13th |
Bombay |
India |
Building |
Overcrowded |
No |
Cardex |
Textile
factory collapsed |
1986 |
June |
22nd |
Taloja |
India |
Building |
Monsoon
rains |
No |
Cardex |
Building:
5 storey |
1987 |
December |
30th |
Bombay |
India |
Building |
Collapsed |
No |
Cardex |
Childrens
hosp.collapsed |
1988 |
May |
2nd |
Jammu |
India |
Building |
Foundations |
No |
Cardex |
Roof
of house: 13 dead |
1988 |
June |
25th |
Lucknow |
India |
Building |
Collapsed |
No |
Cardex |
School
building |
1990 |
August |
14th |
Vishakhapatnam |
India |
Building |
Collapsed |
No |
Cardex |
Packed
house collapsed |
1992 |
May |
4th |
Srinagar |
India |
Building |
Floor
gave way |
No |
Cardex |
Huts
Washed Away |
1992 |
December |
(late) |
Vijayawada |
India |
Building |
Water
tank |
No |
Cardex |
School
Collapsed: 24 dead |
1993 |
February |
(mid) |
|
India |
Building |
Roof
broke |
No |
Cardex |
Building
collapsed |
1994 |
July |
14th |
Bombay |
India |
Building |
Heavy
rains |
No |
Cardex |
Building
collapsed:10dd |
1997 |
October |
21st |
DadarRailwaySt.Mumbai |
India |
Building |
Delapidated |
No |
Cardex |
Seven
storey apartment:30dead |
1998 |
August |
3rd |
Bombay |
India |
Building |
Collapsed |
No |
Cardex
|
Building
Collapsed:25 trapped |
1998 |
March |
17th |
Malad,
Mumbai |
India |
Building |
Dangerous
condition |
No |
Cardex |
Rocket
weakens building |
1990 |
October |
24th |
Baghdad |
Iraq |
Building |
Collapsed |
No |
Cardex |
Arab
Café roof caves in |
1992 |
February |
29th |
Jerusalem |
Israel |
Building |
Hit
by wall |
No |
Cardex |
Six
Storey Building: 34 dd Inj:8 |
1985 |
February |
7th |
Castellaneta |
Italy |
Building |
Water
seepage |
No |
Cardex |
Home
for the elderly |
1994 |
July |
14th |
Motta
Visconti |
Italy |
Building |
Gas
Explosion |
No |
Cardex |
Five
storey apartment:23 dead |
1998 |
December |
16th |
Rome |
Italy |
Building |
Structual
fault |
No |
Cardex
|
Block
of flats collapse:52+ dead |
1999 |
November |
11th |
Foggia |
Italy |
Building |
Faulty
building materials |
Yes |
603 |
40
ton steel girder: 14dead Inj: 9 |
1991 |
March |
14th |
Hiroshima |
Japan |
Building |
Fell |
No |
Cardex |
Dance
floor kills brides |
1990 |
September |
29th |
Ramtha |
Jordan |
Building |
Collapsed |
No |
Cardex |
Supermarket
marquee |
1996 |
May |
13th |
Nairobi |
Kenya |
Building |
Collapsed |
No |
Cardex |
Church
Roof: 55 dead Injured: 63 |
1965 |
January |
3rd |
Rijo |
Mexico |
Building |
Collapsed |
No |
Cardex |
Downtown
building |
1988 |
May |
12th |
Agnascalientes |
Mexico |
Building |
Collapsed |
No |
Cardex |
Building:
5 storey |
1987 |
December |
16th |
Marrakech |
Morocco |
Building |
Collpased |
No |
Cardex |
Viewing
Platform Collapsed |
1995 |
April |
28th |
Paparoa
National Park |
New
Zealand |
Building |
Heavy
Weight |
No |
Cardex |
School
Under Construction |
1990 |
June |
15th |
Port
Harcourt |
Nigeria |
Building |
Collapsed |
No |
Cardex |
Building
collapsed:20dead |
1997 |
June |
13th |
Enugu,
Lagos |
Nigeria |
Building |
Poor
Materials |
No |
Cardex |
Collapse
Of Building |
1976 |
September |
13th |
Karachi |
Pakistan |
Building |
Foundations |
No |
Cardex |
Four
storey building |
1996 |
June |
12th |
Hyderabad |
Pakistan |
Building |
Collapsed |
No |
Cardex |
Building
collapsed:45dead |
1997 |
July |
2nd |
Karachi |
Pakistan |
Building |
Poor
Materials |
No |
Cardex |
Lift
falls 25 floors: 13 dead |
1998 |
April |
28th |
Panama
City |
Panama |
Building |
Mechanical
failure |
No |
Cardex
|
Film
Festival Centre:30dd |
1981 |
November |
17th |
Manila |
Philippines |
Building |
Ceiling
Collapse |
No |
Cardex |
Department
store fire |
1995 |
September |
27th |
Gagayan
de Oro |
Philippines |
Building |
Fire
crackers |
No |
Cardex |
Cais
do Sodre Station:49 dead Inj:40+ |
1963 |
May |
28th |
Roof
of station, Lisbon |
Portugal |
Building |
Collapsed |
No |
Cardex |
Continente
Hypermarket:Inj:32 |
1994 |
October |
6th |
Lisbon |
Portugal |
Building |
Rain
Water |
Yes |
66 |
Two
Storey Building:50dd |
1981 |
November |
19th |
Taif |
Saudia
Arabia |
Building |
Roof
Collapsed |
No |
Cardex |
Cottage
collapsed: 5 dead |
1800 |
January |
23rd |
Duke
of Gordon's Estate |
Scotland |
Building |
Blown
down by wind |
No |
(B)Cardex |
Church
Gallery collapsed:28dead |
1828 |
June |
14th |
Kirkcaldy
Church, Fife |
Scotland |
Building |
Architectural
fault |
Yes |
577 |
Building
Collapsed: 5 dead |
1845 |
April |
|
Pollokshaws,
Glasgow |
Scotland |
Building |
Unknown |
No |
(B)Cardex |
The
'Sugar House': 14 dead |
1848 |
November |
|
Glasgow |
Scotland |
Building |
Fell
In |
No |
(B)Cardex |
Chimneys
collapse: 8 dead |
1869 |
February |
14th |
Papermill,
Glasgow |
Scotland |
Building |
Gale
of wind |
No |
(B)Cardex |
Greenhead
Disaster:29dd Inj:21 |
1889 |
November |
1st |
Templetons
Carpet Fact. |
Scotland |
Building |
Gale
blew down wall |
Yes |
584 |
New
World Hotel: 36 dead |
1986 |
March |
15th. |
New
World Hotel |
Singapore |
Building |
Collapsed |
Yes |
65 |
Building
support |
1975 |
March |
9th |
Seoul |
South
Korea |
Building |
Collapsed |
No |
Cardex |
Sampoong
Dept Store:44d Inj:850 |
1995 |
June |
29th |
Seoul |
South
Korea |
Building |
Weak
Structure |
Yes |
67 |
Water
Tower Collapsed |
1997 |
November |
17th |
Melilla |
Spain |
Building |
Fissure
InTank |
No |
Cardex |
Public
Swimming Pool:13d Inj:5 |
1985 |
May |
9th |
Uster |
Switzerland |
Building |
Roof
broke |
No |
Cardex |
Scaffolding
Of Building |
1992 |
February |
7th |
Bangkok |
Thailand |
Building |
Collapsed |
No |
Cardex |
Hotel
collapsed Dead:100 |
1993 |
August |
13th |
Nakhon
Ratchascina |
Thailand |
Building |
Weak
Structure |
No |
Cardex |
Department
Store Collapsed |
1996 |
August |
8th |
Bangkok |
Thailand |
Building |
Weight
on floor |
No |
Cardex |
Post
Office balcony rail |
1989 |
August |
2nd |
Kiev |
Ukrainian
SSR |
Building |
Collapsed |
No |
Cardex |
Fourteen
killed |
1973 |
March |
2nd |
Baileys
Crossroads, Va |
|
Building |
Collapsed |
No |
Cardex |