Tsunami update with a good list of who to donate money to. I have been looking at earthquakes and volcanoes through history, and was surprised to find that the most deadly earthquake took place in 1556 in Shaanxi (Shensi) province China. More than 830,000 people were killed. This one is beginning to shape up as one of the worst ever. t r u t h o u t - Tsunami Death Toll Jumps Over 120,000