Every tornado, hurricane, flood, blizzard, heat wave, record, earthquake, eruption, tsunami, wildfire and geomagnetic storm on record for April 23, in any year, each linked to its full record.
Every event with a place, colored by kind. Tap one to open its record.
By deaths, damage and strength together, across every archive.
Volcanoes
The 1902 eruption of Mount Pelée was a volcanic eruption on the island of Martinique in the Lesser Antilles Volcanic Arc of the eastern Caribbean, which was one of the deadliest eruptions in recorded history. Eruptive activity began on 23 April as a series of phreatic eruptions from the summit of Mount Pelée.
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Tornadoes
An F5 tornado touched down in Scioto, Lawrence, Gallia counties, Ohio and tracked 34 miles, 400 yards wide at its widest, killing 7 and injuring 93.
Tornadoes
An F5 tornado touched down in Cuming, Thurston counties, Nebraska and tracked 15.1 miles, 400 yards wide at its widest, killing 3 and injuring 10. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: SW Pender to N Thurston, NE.
Tornadoes
An F4 tornado touched down in Pendleton, Bracken, Brown counties, Kentucky and tracked 78.7 miles, 550 yards wide at its widest, killing 6 and injuring 364.
Tornadoes
An F4 tornado touched down in Baker, Dougherty, Worth counties, Georgia and tracked 29.9 miles, 400 yards wide at its widest, killing 8 and injuring 50. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Hardaway Station, GA.
Tornadoes
An F4 tornado touched down in Chickasaw County, Iowa and tracked 7.8 miles, 100 yards wide at its widest, killing 5 and injuring 25. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Ionia, IA.
Earthquakes
A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck Dodecanese Islands, Greece. It killed 181 people, injured 600 and did severe (about $5 to $25 million) damage. It caused a tsunami.
Tsunamis
A tsunami caused by a magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck Cos, Dodecanese, Greece, with a maximum water height of 2 meters. It killed 181 people, injured 600 and did severe (about $5 to $25 million) damage.
Tornadoes
An F4 tornado touched down in Johnston, Atoka counties, Oklahoma and tracked 19.9 miles, 600 yards wide at its widest, killing 4 and injuring 15. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Voca, OK.
Tornadoes
An F4 tornado touched down in Brown, Nemaha, Richardson counties, Kansas and tracked 42.7 miles, 600 yards wide at its widest, killing 4 and injuring 5. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Oketo, KS to NE.
Tornadoes
An F4 tornado touched down in Clermont, Brown, Clinton counties, Ohio and tracked 24.1 miles, 300 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 33.
Other weather
On 23 April 2015, a landslide occurred in the Khawahan district of Badakhshan Province in Afghanistan. Around 100 houses were destroyed and 52 people were killed by the landslide.
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An F4 tornado touched down in Baker, Dougherty, Worth counties, Georgia and tracked 29.9 miles, 400 yards wide at its widest, killing 8 and injuring 50. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Hardaway Station, GA.
An F2 tornado touched down in Greene County, Georgia, killing 2 and injuring 10. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: S Woodville, GA.
An F2 tornado touched down in Oglethorpe County, Georgia and tracked 8.2 miles, 100 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 10. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: N Crawford/Sandy Cross, GA.
An F5 tornado touched down in Cuming, Thurston counties, Nebraska and tracked 15.1 miles, 400 yards wide at its widest, killing 3 and injuring 10. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: SW Pender to N Thurston, NE.
An F4 tornado touched down in Lamar, Red River counties, Texas and tracked 10 miles, 300 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 6. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Deport, TX.
An F3 tornado touched down in Navarro County, Texas and tracked 7 miles, 150 yards wide at its widest, killing 3 and injuring 6. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: S Rice, TX.
An F2 tornado touched down in Pope County, Arkansas, killing 3 and injuring 20. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Hector, AR.
An F2 tornado touched down in Little River, McCurtain counties, Arkansas and tracked 28.9 miles, killing 3. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: W Foreman/S DeQueen, AR.
An F3 tornado touched down in Lyon, Lincoln counties, Iowa and tracked 21.2 miles, 100 yards wide at its widest, injuring 1. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: W Inwood/W Larchwood, IA.
An F4 tornado touched down in Brown, Nemaha, Richardson counties, Kansas and tracked 42.7 miles, 600 yards wide at its widest, killing 4 and injuring 5. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Oketo, KS to NE.
An F4 tornado touched down in Johnston, Atoka counties, Oklahoma and tracked 19.9 miles, 600 yards wide at its widest, killing 4 and injuring 15. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Voca, OK.
An F2 tornado touched down in Sequoyah, Crawford, Sebastian counties, Oklahoma and tracked 50.2 miles, killing 1 and injuring 6. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: N Sallisaw, OK/N Fort Smith, AR/Branch, AR.
An F3 tornado touched down in Saline County, Arkansas and tracked 7 miles, 50 yards wide at its widest, killing 2 and injuring 30. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: SW Benton to Benton, AR.
An F1 tornado touched down in Stephens County, Texas and tracked 0.9 miles, 20 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 2. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Breckenridge, TX.
An F3 tornado touched down in Lake, Obion counties, Tennessee and tracked 8.1 miles, killing 1 and injuring 9. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: S Ridgeley, TN.
An F3 tornado touched down in Escambia County, Florida and tracked 0.6 miles, 100 yards wide at its widest, injuring 8. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: NW Pensacola, FL.
An F4 tornado touched down in Chickasaw County, Iowa and tracked 7.8 miles, 100 yards wide at its widest, killing 5 and injuring 25. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Ionia, IA.
An F3 tornado touched down in Crawford County, Arkansas and tracked 0.1 miles, 880 yards wide at its widest.
An F2 tornado touched down in McCurtain County, Oklahoma and tracked 0.8 miles, 17 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 14.
An F2 tornado touched down in Okmulgee County, Oklahoma and tracked 1.5 miles, 300 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 4.
An F3 tornado touched down in Ringgold County, Iowa and tracked 5.4 miles, 440 yards wide at its widest.
An F3 tornado touched down in Laramie County, Wyoming and tracked 17.2 miles, 33 yards wide at its widest, injuring 1.
An F3 tornado touched down in Marshall, Tama, Benton counties, Iowa and tracked 87.7 miles, 800 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 12.
An F3 tornado touched down in Will, Lake, Newton counties, Illinois and tracked 51.7 miles, 10 yards wide at its widest, injuring 4.
An F3 tornado touched down in Poweshiek, Keokuk, Washington counties, Iowa and tracked 47.4 miles, 10 yards wide at its widest, injuring 1.
An F5 tornado touched down in Scioto, Lawrence, Gallia counties, Ohio and tracked 34 miles, 400 yards wide at its widest, killing 7 and injuring 93.
An F4 tornado touched down in Pendleton, Bracken, Brown counties, Kentucky and tracked 78.7 miles, 550 yards wide at its widest, killing 6 and injuring 364.
An F4 tornado touched down in Clermont, Brown, Clinton counties, Ohio and tracked 24.1 miles, 300 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 33.
An F3 tornado touched down in Mecosta, Osceola counties, Michigan and tracked 60.9 miles, 100 yards wide at its widest, injuring 11.
An F3 tornado touched down in Greenup County, Kentucky and tracked 0.1 miles, 10 yards wide at its widest, injuring 5.
An F3 tornado touched down in Scott County, Kentucky and tracked 0.5 miles, 50 yards wide at its widest.
An F4 tornado touched down in Monroe County, Alabama and tracked 25.4 miles, 300 yards wide at its widest.
An F3 tornado touched down in Sumter, Crisp, Dooly counties, Georgia and tracked 13.5 miles, 150 yards wide at its widest, injuring 8.
An F3 tornado touched down in Randolph, Paulding counties, Georgia and tracked 13.9 miles, 500 yards wide at its widest, injuring 1.
An F2 tornado touched down in Macon County, Georgia and tracked 3.8 miles, 100 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 10.
An F3 tornado touched down in Johnson County, Texas and tracked 2.5 miles, 333 yards wide at its widest, injuring 3.
An F4 tornado touched down in Macon, Shelby counties, Missouri and tracked 28.2 miles, 1,700 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 4.
An F4 tornado touched down in Caldwell County, Missouri and tracked 11.4 miles, 400 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 3.
An F3 tornado touched down in Linn County, Missouri and tracked 14 miles, 500 yards wide at its widest, injuring 2.
An F3 tornado touched down in Barnwell, Bamberg, Orangeburg counties, South Carolina and tracked 33 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest, injuring 6.
An F3 tornado touched down in Lafayette, Bossier Parish, Caddo Parish counties, Louisiana and tracked 13 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest.
Severe thunderstorm winds blew down trees and severly damaged the roof of a house.
Severe thunderstorm winds blew down trees and severly damaged the roof of a house.
An F3 tornado touched down in Caddo Parish, Bossier Parish, Louisiana and tracked 32.5 miles, 500 yards wide at its widest, injuring 3.
An F3 tornado touched down in Cass County, Texas and tracked 16 miles, 880 yards wide at its widest.
An F3 tornado touched down in Red River Parish, De Soto Parish, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana and tracked 19.3 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest.
Near 100 homes with roof and frame damage. Bus terminal downtown sustained major damage to windows and bus terminal roofing meterial. Several downtown buildings with glass blown out and roof damage. Numerous trees completely blown down or snapped.
33 tornadoes were recorded on April 23, 2000, in Oklahoma, Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana.
Numerous trees and power lines toppled. Several homes suffered minor to moderate structural damage in the Breckenridge subdivision just souwest of Shreveport. Portable storage building businesses were destroyed and two mobile homes were demolished.
The Tornado outbreak of April 23, 2000, also known as the 2000 Easter Sunday tornado outbreak, occurred in the states of Oklahoma, Texas, Arkansas, and Louisiana on Easter Sunday, April 23, 2000. This severe weather occurrence was the result of a cold front moving through the area from North Texas and consisted of at least six supercell thunderstorms.
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A tornado developed in a high precipitation supercell as it moved eastward across the county. This supercell produced multiple tornadoes across Harrison county, TX into Louisiana. Approximately 50 homes and 2 business were damaged or destroyed.
Quarter size hail fell near the corner of 61st street and 33rd W. Avenue.
High precipitation supercells developed along the leading edge of a dry line across eastern Texas which moved into northwest Louisiana. Numerous trees and power lines were downed as the tornado moved across the area.
Supercell thunderstorm produced a tornado as part of an outbreak of tornados across Northeast Texas, Southwest Arkansas, Northwest Louisiana and extreme southeast Oklahoma. Extensive, widespread trees damage along entire track.
Farm barns and outbuildings with light to moderate damage, farm trailers moderate damaged or destroyed, chicken houses destroyed, numerous trees and power poles downed, 3 mobile homes damaged.
A supercell produced a tornado as part of an outbreak of tornados across the region. Damage consisted of large pine trees snapped and oak trees blown down. Most damage to residences were from fallen trees. Two steel utility power towers were destroyed.
About 30 homes with roof damage. Several trees blown down and many tree limbs snapped. Fences blown down. This tornado continued from Caddo Parish.
High precipitation supercell produced a tornado as part of an outbreak of tornados in northeast Texas, southwest Arkansas, and northwest Louisiana. Numerous trees down along entire track. Tree damage noted up to 2 miles either side of track.
About 200 houses suffered roof damage and numerous trees were either uprooted or snapped. Tree damage occurred up to 1 mile either side of the tornado track.
A high precipitation supercell produced a tornado as part of an outbreak of tornadoes across the region. Damage consisted of large pine and oak trees snapped and broken as well as damage to homes. Most damage to residences were from falling trees.
A high precipitation supercell produced a tornado as part of an outbreak of tornados across the region. Damage consisted of large pine and oak trees uprooted or snapped. A mobile home was split in half from a fallen oak. Most damage to residences were from fallen trees.
Numerous trees toppled and broken. Tornado was described as rope like by chasers in the area during most of its path. A house on the south side of Oak Hill was split in half from a fallen tree. The tornado moved through downtown Broken Bow and through a WalMart store.
A supercell produced a brief tornado as part of a large tornado outgbreak across North Louisiana. Damage consisted mostly of several large trees uprooted in town. One old wood frame structure was completely destroyed while similar structures adjacent were untouched.
A high precipitation supercell produced a tornado as part of a tornado outbreak across the region. Damage consisted of large pine trees snapped and oak trees blown down. Most damage to residences were from fallen trees.
A high precipitation supercell produced a tornado as part of an outbreak of tornados across the region. Damage consisted of large pine trees snapped and oak trees blown down. Most damage to residences were from fallen trees.
Tornado developed in a high precipitation supercell as it moved east across the county. This tornado was one of several that occurred. Tornado tracked eastward along Hwy 77 and crossed through downtown Douglassville at Hwy 8 then continued east into the woods before lifting.
This tornado developed in a high precipitation supercell as it moved eastward across the county. Small to moderate pine and oak trees were snapped and broken. A mobile home dealership in Cookville, TX was moderately damaged and several homes suffered shingle loss.
This tornado developed in a high precipitation supercell as it moved eastward across the county. This was one of several tornadoes that occured. The tornado tracked eastward across wooded territory and farmland. Several barns and 2 cross country electrical towers were toppled.
Several homes and businesses sustained major roof damage. Numerous trees were uprooted and snapped.
Numerous large pine and oak trees snapped and broken. A roof was partially removed from a brick house and a chain link fence wrapped in a pine tree about 50 feet up. This was one of several tornadoes which occurred. This tornado continued into Cass County, TX.
Tornado occurred across farm land and wooded areas with few structures or homes present.
Numerous large pines and oaks were snapped and broken. No structures were in the path of this tornado which was one of several that occurred in this county this day.
A tornado developed in a cyclic high precipitation supercell as it moved eastward across the county. Damage was confined to numerous pine and oak trees which were uprooted and broken. No structures were in the path of this tornado.
Summary for Independence tornado event on 4/23/01:The exit region of a vigorous mid-level jet streak helped create deep layer convergence in eastern Iowa along a surface cold front, during the morning of 4/23/01.
Storm chasers observed this brief tornado develop five miles south of Chattanooga and move north two miles before dissipating in open country north of Highway 5.
A strong upper level storm system in combination with the dryline resulted in several severe thunderstorms over much of the Big Country and western Concho Valley. Initially, the storms were supercells and produced a few tornadoes in Haskell County.
A large funnel cloud passed over a trained SKYWARN Spotter's home but there was no evidence it touched down as it exited Hillsborough County.
25 tornadoes were recorded on April 23, 2007, in Oklahoma, Texas, Kansas, Colorado, Nebraska.
A large, slow-moving storm system produced severe thunderstorms across NW Kansas, NE Colorado and SW Nebraska. Tornadoes, large hail and flash flooding were reported.
North Texas was impacted with a linear mesoscale convective system as well as discrete supercell thunderstorms during the afternoon and evening hours. An EF-2 tornado destroyed several homes in the town of Crowley and several other brief tornadoes were reported as well.
Strong southeast winds were established during the proceeding night bringing abundant low level moisture to the region. By morning, a surface low located just west of Wink had an associated warm front extending northeastward into Oklahoma.
A tornado moved along a short track southeast of Bridgeport, Nebraska and severely damaged a house and outbuildings.
A linear mesoscale convective system developed in Lampasas County and moved northeast through north Texas on the night of Friday, April 23rd into the early morning hours of the 24th.
A warm front lifted north across the Mid-South during the afternoon and evening hours of April 23rd, 2010. Behind the warm front, warm moist air from the Gulf of Mexico made for a very unstable atmosphere.
Bands of thunderstorms developed along a surface cold front extending from northern Arkansas northeastward along the Ohio River. Relatively strong diurnal heating occurred south of the front, where mixed-layer cape values increased to around 1500 j/kg.
Bands of thunderstorms developed along a surface cold front extending from northern Arkansas northeastward along the Ohio River. Relatively strong diurnal heating occurred south of the front, where mixed-layer cape values increased to around 1500 j/kg.
Another round of severe thunderstorms initiated along a cold front in a highly unstable environment. Most of these storms remained west of a line from Sherman to Fort Worth to Comanche.
Bands of thunderstorms developed along a surface cold front extending from northern Arkansas northeastward along the Ohio River. Relatively strong diurnal heating occurred south of the front, where mixed-layer cape values increased to around 1500 j/kg.
A stationary front was located across the northern part of Arkansas on the evening of the 23rd. As low pressure aloft approached from the west, severe storms erupted. One of the storms, located along the front, spawned a tornado.
A line of storms moved through during the afternoon hours of April 23rd. Damaging thunderstorm winds, tornadoes, and flash flooding occurred with this event.
30 tornadoes were recorded on April 23, 2020, in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida.
Another in a series of strong upper level troughs pushed through the southeast states, resulting in another enhanced risk of severe storms from the Storm Prediction Center.
Another in a series of strong upper level troughs pushed through the southeast states, resulting in another enhanced risk of severe storms from the Storm Prediction Center.
A strong cold front associated with a potent shortwave trough moved through the region. It brought many supercells which produced widespread hail and damaging winds as well as a couple tornadoes.
A dryline and an upper trough led to the development of numerous thunderstorms, producing hail, wind, and several tornadoes during the afternoon and evening of the 23rd.
Showers and thunderstorms developed along a cold front in the early morning hours, with quarter sized hail and a few stronger winds gusts reported in central Iowa around sunrise. This pushed east of the area by mid morning and temperatures warmed.
An EF4 tornado touched down in Garfield County, Oklahoma and tracked 9.51 miles, 600 yards wide at its widest, injuring 1.
The first of several days of severe weather across the WFO Norman Forecast Area featured intense thunderstorms (supercells) across northern Oklahoma on the evening of the 23rd.
A line of severe thunderstorms brought intense storms to the region during the late evening of the 23rd into the early morning of the 24th. The storms delivered a severe combination of damaging wind gusts, large hail, and an isolated tornado.
Strong thunderstorms developed into northeastern Oklahoma during the late evening of the 23rd, as a cold front moved into the area. The strongest thunderstorms produced hail up to nickel size.
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Hurricane Monica reached its peak of 155 kt (180 mph) with a central pressure of 907 mb, a category 5 storm.
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Five to 7 inches of rain fell across portions of central Oklahoma from the 24th through the 26th. Local amounts of rainfall exceeded 10 inches from near Allen in Pontotoc County northeast to near Calvin in Hughes County.
Roof blown off a barn. (Narrative courtesy Anthony Republican.)
Highway 160 flooded.
As a low pressure system over the Great Lakes moved slowly east during Saturday, April 22nd, another low developed over Southeast Virginia and moved slowly north toward the region on Sunday.
Thunderstorms developed across south-central Nebraska. These storms produced widespread rains and some hail. Nearly the entire region picked up an inch or more of rain. From Beaver City and Phillipsburg Kansas to St. Paul and Aurora picked up over 2 inches.
A period of localized heavy rain occurred on April 23rd and 24th which resulted in significant small stream, urban flooding and debris flow in areas of Interior Puerto Rico.
A cold front plowed into warm, humid air over Arkansas on the 23rd and 24th. The result was some severe storms, heavy rain, and flash flooding.
Several rounds of very heavy rainfall during the latter half of April caused many rivers across Arkansas to rise above flood stage. Rainfall amounts of 5 inches to well over 10 inches were seen, with much of that rain falling in a period of less than a week.
Storms which developed along a slow-moving cold front produced pockets of wind damage along with areas of flooding across the region Tuesday night into Wednesday.
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An 84-year-old woman was killed in Reed when her camper trailer was flipped several times by high winds. The winds peeled a tarpaper roof off a Henderson County school.
Strong winds on Lake Mead, near Kingman Wash, apparently capsized a small sail boat carrying two men. The exact time of the incident was not known, but was believed to have occurred during the afternoon or early evening.
A low pressure system that moved east of the area produced strong gusty winds and rain. Wind gusts from 40 to 50 mph and rain downed a large tree limb that fell on a moving car. The driver was killed and the passenger was injured as the car accelerated out-of-control.
A line of thunderstorms developed in West Virginia during the early afternoon and moved rapidly southeast across Northern Virginia.
Two separate thunderstorm complexes with large hail developed ahead of a strong cold front. One complex was across the north central counties, while the other was along the southern border counties. The most damage occurred in Barbour County.
One week after a heavy snowstorm, the same area in southeastern Idaho was hit by a windstorm. The passage of a strong cold front created the winds on April 23rd.
Hail one inch in diameter to golf ball size fell.
2 boat houses had roofs blown off at Perry Lake Marina.
Scattered severe thunderstorms produced hail over parts of the Nebraska panhandle, with the most damage reported in and around Bridgeport, Nebraska.
A strong shortwave, embedded within northwest flow aloft, combined with a very unstable surface air mass to result in the development of numerous northwest to southeastward moving large hail producing severe thunderstorms...primarily during the afternoon and evening hours.
A tree fell on a woman in Leland, and she was killed.
Robust breezes downed a large dead tree in Owen County, killing two children.
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An unprecedented late winter storm affected portions of northern Ohio. A low pressure system over southeastern Ohio moved northeast across western Pennsylvania and into western New York State on the April 23rd.
A strong Colorado low lifted through North Dakota. Initially, a wintry mix of rain, freezing rain, sleet and snow developed over western and central North Dakota. As temperatures dropped over the northwest and far north central, ice accumulated on power lines.
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Two people died in Las Vegas of heat related causes.
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The Unnamed Fire was discovered on April 23, 1994, in Minnesota, and burned 11,420 acres; the cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
The S Canyon Fire was discovered on April 23, 1994, in Arizona, and burned 3,294 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The 1996 Goseong fire was a wildfire that broke out on April 23, 1996, in Jukwang-myeon, Goseong County, Gangwon Province, South Korea. By the time the fire was extinguished on April 25, a total of 3,834 hectares of forest had been burned in Goseong County.
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The Rest Area Fire was discovered on April 23, 1996, in New Mexico, and burned 2,000 acres.
The Unnamed Fire was discovered on April 23, 1998, in Marshall County, Minnesota, and burned 1,920 acres; the cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
The Unnamed Fire started on April 23, 2000, in Minnesota, and burned 9,190 acres.
The Littlecezr Fire was discovered on April 23, 2001, in Florida, and burned 11,760 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Snaking Fire was discovered on April 23, 2002, in Colorado, and burned 2,312 acres; the cause was recorded as smoking.
The Ferguson Fire was discovered on April 23, 2006, in Union County, New Mexico, and burned 7,750 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Union Fire was discovered on April 23, 2006, in Union County, New Mexico, and burned 4,300 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Wilton Fire was discovered on April 23, 2006, in De Baca County, New Mexico, and burned 4,000 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
A wildfire that started in the brush from discarded cigarettes, damaged several homes in Bethlehem and forced two dozen people from their home. Gusty southwest winds and warm weather made it difficult for firefighters to battle the blaze.
The Dof 206 8 Merritt Fire was discovered on April 23, 2007, in Florida, and burned 3,335 acres.
The Unnamed Fire was discovered on April 23, 2007, in Jeff Davis County, Texas, and burned 1,500 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Unnamed Fire was discovered on April 23, 2007, in Presidio County, Texas, and burned 1,200 acres; the cause was recorded as railroad operations and maintenance.
The East Pender Complex was discovered on April 23, 2007, in Pender County, North Carolina, and burned 1,100 acres.
The Four Mile Fire was discovered on April 23, 2009, in New Mexico, and burned 29,952 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Saucita Creek Ranch Complex was discovered on April 23, 2009, in Presidio County, Texas, and burned 14,840 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Elephant Mountain Fire was discovered on April 23, 2009, in Brewster County, Texas, and burned 10,135 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Mcelroy Fire was discovered on April 23, 2009, in Jeff Davis County, Texas, and burned 8,382 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Duncan Fire was discovered on April 23, 2009, in Jeff Davis County, Texas, and burned 5,528 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Valentine Complex was discovered on April 23, 2009, in Presidio County, Texas, and burned 3,758 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Alamo Fire started on April 23, 2009, in Texas, and burned 2,175 acres.
The Vest #2 Fire was discovered on April 23, 2011, in Winkler County, Texas, and burned 1,000 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Blue Mountain Fire was discovered on April 23, 2012, in Malheur County, Oregon, and burned 5,721 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Copperton Fire started on April 23, 2012, in New Mexico, and burned 1,584 acres.
The Sam's Point Fire (Verkeerder Fire) Fire was reported on April 23, 2016, in Ulster County, New York, and burned 2,028 acres.
The Sawmill Fire was reported on April 23, 2017, in Pima County, Arizona, and burned 46,991 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Brittle Fire was reported on April 23, 2021, in Iosco County, Michigan, and burned 5,781 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Little Highline Fire was reported on April 23, 2022, in Potter County, Texas, and burned 25,609 acres.
The Nebraska Spring 22 Fire was reported on April 23, 2022, in Lincoln County, Nebraska, and burned 10,000 acres.
Prolonged dry conditions with low relative humidity values and gusty winds allowed for multiple wildfires to begin during the afternoon of April 23, 2025 in Michaux State Forest, located in southwestern Cumberland County.
The Thompson Hollow Rd Fire was reported on April 23, 2025, in Adams County, Pennsylvania, and burned 2,248 acres.
The Fb 17 Fire was reported on April 23, 2026, in Todd County, South Dakota, and burned 1,188 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
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An earthquake struck Bulgaria.
An earthquake struck Greece-Bulgaria.
An earthquake struck Tate-Yama Volcano, Shinano, Japan. With the eruption it accompanied, it killed many people (about 101 to 1,000).
An earthquake struck Lima, Callao, Peru. It did severe (about $5 to $25 million) damage. It caused a tsunami.
A magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck Erzurum, Turkey.
A magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck Ribatejo, Benavente, Portugal. It killed 30 people.
The 1909 Benavente earthquake occurred on 23 April at 17:39 GMT with an epicenter in the Lisbon region of Portugal. 0 and had maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent).
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A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck Dodecanese Islands, Greece. It killed 181 people, injured 600 and did severe (about $5 to $25 million) damage. It caused a tsunami.
The 1933 Kos earthquake struck the Aegean Sea region on 23 April. 4 and had an epicenter offshore, near Kos, Greece.
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A magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea. It did $13,000 in damage. It caused a tsunami.
An earthquake struck Kachu Mesqal, Iran. It killed 16 people and destroyed 210 houses.
A magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck Yunnan Province, China.
An earthquake struck SE. Hokkaido Island, Japan. It caused a tsunami.
A magnitude 6 earthquake struck Yunnan Province, China.
A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck Demirci, Manisa, Turkey. It injured 43 and destroyed 150 houses.
A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck Joshua Tree, Angelus Oaks, California, United States. It injured 32.
A magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck Guam, US Territories. It injured 4.
A magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck Kupang, Timor, Indonesia.
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A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck Jastrzebie-Zdroj, Silesian, Poland. It killed 10 people.
A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck Istanbul, Bursa, Tekirdag, Turkey. It injured 236 and did $100 million in damage. It caused a tsunami.
2 earthquake struck the Sea of Marmara, 24 km (15 mi) southeast of Marmara Ereğlisi, Tekirdağ Province, Turkey, near Istanbul. One person died of a heart attack, 359 others were injured, and moderate damage was recorded across the Marmara region.
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Midagahara, Japan erupted. It killed many people (about 101 to 1,000). The eruption was accompanied by an earthquake.
The 1902 eruption of Mount Pelée was a volcanic eruption on the island of Martinique in the Lesser Antilles Volcanic Arc of the eastern Caribbean, which was one of the deadliest eruptions in recorded history. Eruptive activity began on 23 April as a series of phreatic eruptions from the summit of Mount Pelée.
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Midagahara, Japan erupted. It killed 1 person.
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A tsunami with a source recorded as earthquake struck Central Peru. It did severe (about $5 to $25 million) damage.
A tsunami struck SW England, United Kingdom, with a maximum water height of 9 meters.
A tsunami with a source recorded as landslide struck Mid-Norway, with a maximum water height of 7 meters. It killed 1 person.
A tsunami caused by a magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck Cos, Dodecanese, Greece, with a maximum water height of 2 meters. It killed 181 people, injured 600 and did severe (about $5 to $25 million) damage.
A tsunami caused by a magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck Rabaul, New Britain, Papua New Guinea. It did $13,000 in damage.
A tsunami caused by a magnitude 7 earthquake struck SE. Hokkaido Island, Japan, with a maximum water height of 0.1 meters.
A tsunami with a source recorded as meteorological struck Gulf of Mexico, United States, with a maximum water height of 0.5 meters.
A tsunami caused by a magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck Marmara Sea, Turkey, with a maximum water height of 0.06 meters. It injured 236 and did $100 million in damage.
6 on April 23, oldest first.
A G4 (severe) geomagnetic storm began April 23, 1939, reached Kp 8- and lasted 18 hours, with a daily Ap as high as 92; at that Kp the aurora may be seen from about 47 degrees geomagnetic latitude.
A G5 (extreme) geomagnetic storm began April 23, 1946, reached Kp 9- and lasted 36 hours, with a daily Ap as high as 117; at that Kp the aurora may be seen from about 42 degrees geomagnetic latitude.
A G3 (strong) geomagnetic storm began April 23, 1959, reached Kp 7- and lasted 9 hours, with a daily Ap as high as 40; at that Kp the aurora may be seen from about 52 degrees geomagnetic latitude.
A G3 (strong) geomagnetic storm began April 23, 1960, reached Kp 7- and lasted 48 hours, with a daily Ap as high as 67; at that Kp the aurora may be seen from about 52 degrees geomagnetic latitude.
A G3 (strong) geomagnetic storm began April 23, 2012, reached Kp 7- and lasted 12 hours, with a daily Ap as high as 41; at that Kp the aurora may be seen from about 52 degrees geomagnetic latitude.
A G4 (severe) geomagnetic storm began April 23, 2023, reached Kp 8+ and lasted 21 hours, with a daily Ap as high as 72; at that Kp the aurora may be seen from about 43 degrees geomagnetic latitude.
6 on April 23, oldest first.
Thunder was not heard officially in Oklahoma City during April 1989. That was the only April in the history of Oklahoma City, since 1891, that passed with no observation of thunder on any day of the month.
From the National Weather Service in Norman, Oklahoma.
A 34 year old female was struck in the head, thrown three feet and killed instantly by lightning while standing outdoors in a field next to a steel fence near the intersection of exit 15 of I-4 and Swindell Street.
A male visiting Destin from out of state was caught in a strong rip current and drowned. He was brought to shore and died before reaching a local hospital.
A woman east of Pomona was killed by a lightning strike in her front yard.
On 23 April 2015, a landslide occurred in the Khawahan district of Badakhshan Province in Afghanistan. Around 100 houses were destroyed and 52 people were killed by the landslide.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Strong high pressure ridge wedged down the southeastern seaboard causing breezy easterly winds. Prolonged onshore flow and breakers of 3-5 feet at the northeast Florida beaches developed a high risk of deadly rip currents.
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