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Malaysia - Disaster Statistics

Data related to human and economic losses from disasters that have occurred between 1980 and 2010.

Natural Disasters from 1980 - 2010


Overview

No of events: 58
No of people killed: 1,239
Average killed per year: 40
No of people affected: 639,344
Average affected per year: 20,624
Economic Damage (US$ X 1,000): 1,867,500
Economic Damage per year (US$ X 1,000): 60,242


Natural Disaster Occurence Reported



Average Disaster Per Year

Drought: 0.03
Earthquake*: 0.03
Epidemic: 0.35
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 1.00
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: 0.03
Mass mov. wet: 0.10
Volcano: ...
Storm: 0.19
Wildfire: 0.13




Top 10 Natural Disasters Reported


Affected People

Disaster Date Affected (no. of people)
Flood 2007 137,533
Flood 2006 100,000
Flood 1988 60,000
Storm 2004 40,000
Flood 2005 30,000
Flood 2007 29,000
Flood 1986 25,000
Flood 1993 25,000
Epidemic 1997 19,544
Flood 2001 18,000

Killed People

Disaster Date Killed (no. of people)
Storm 1996 270
Epidemic 1991 263
Epidemic 1998 105
Earthquake* 2004 80
Mass mov. dry 1993 72
Epidemic 2007 56
Mass mov. wet 1996 50
Epidemic 1997 50
Flood 1993 30
Flood 2007 29

Economic Damages

Disaster Date Cost (US$ X 1,000)
Flood 2007 605,000
Earthquake* 2004 500,000
Flood 2007 363,000
Wildfire 1997 300,000
Storm 1996 52,000
Flood 2006 22,000
Flood 1986 11,500
Flood 2004 10,000
Wildfire 1998 2,000
Flood 2000 1,000



Statistics Per Event


Killed People

Drought: ...
Earthquake*: 80.00
Epidemic: 48.91
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 6.26
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: 72.00
Mass mov. wet: 26.67
Volcano: ...
Storm: 45.83
Wildfire: ...

Affected People

Drought: 5,000.00
Earthquake*: 5,063.00
Epidemic: 2,908.36
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 17,614.77
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: 95.00
Volcano: ...
Storm: 7,991.00
Wildfire: 750.00

Economic Damages

Drought: ...
Earthquake*: 500,000.00
Epidemic: ...
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 32,661.29
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: ...
Volcano: ...
Storm: 8,833.33
Wildfire: 75,500.00


Statistics By Disasters Type


Percentage of reported people killed by disaster type

Percentage of reported people affected by disaster type




Estimated economic damages reported by disaster type (US$ X 1,000)

*: Including tsunami


More information and data on: www.emdat.be/

Source of data: "EM-DAT: The OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database, Université catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Bel."
Data version: v11.08

Data displayed does not imply national endorsement