Every tornado, hurricane, flood, blizzard, heat wave, record, earthquake, eruption, tsunami, wildfire and geomagnetic storm on record for December 28, in any year, each linked to its full record.
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Earthquakes
A magnitude 7 earthquake struck Messina, Sicily, Calabria, Italy. With the tsunami it caused, it killed 80,000 people and did $116 million in damage.
Tsunamis
A tsunami with a source recorded as earthquake and landslide struck Messina Strait, Ionian Sea, Italy, with a maximum water height of 13 meters. It killed 80,000 people and did $116 million in damage.
Earthquakes
A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck Balakot, Patan, Pakistan. With the tsunami it caused, it killed 5,300 people, injured 17,000 and did $3.3 million in damage.
Tsunamis
A tsunami caused by a magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck Pakistan. It killed 5,300 people, injured 17,000 and did $3.3 million in damage.
Winter storms and snow
Snowstorm of December 28, 1978 was ranked category 4, Crippling, on NOAA’s Regional Snowfall Index, strongest in the Upper Midwest. It lasted from December 28, 1978 to January 3, 1979.
Winter storms and snow
Snowstorm of December 28, 2009 was ranked category 2, Significant, on NOAA’s Regional Snowfall Index, strongest in the Northeast. It lasted from December 28, 2009 to January 4, 2010.
Earthquakes
A magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck Honshu, Japan. It killed 3 people, injured 200 and did $170.4 million in damage. It caused a tsunami.
Tsunamis
A tsunami caused by a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck Tohuku, Japan, with a maximum water height of 0.53 meters. It killed 3 people, injured 200 and did $170.4 million in damage.
Earthquakes
A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck Leukas (Ionian Islands), Greece. It killed 15 people and did severe (about $5 to $25 million) damage. It caused a tsunami.
Tsunamis
A tsunami caused by a magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck Ionian Sea, Greece. It killed 15 people and did severe (about $5 to $25 million) damage.
Earthquakes
The 1994 offshore Sanriku earthquake occurred on December 28, 1994, at 12:19 UTC. 7 earthquake with epicenter located in the Pacific Ocean at about 180 km east of Hachinohe, Aomori.
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Tornadoes
77 tornadoes were recorded on December 28, 2024, in Louisiana, Texas, Mississippi, Alabama. They killed 1 people.
36 on December 28, oldest first.
An F3 tornado touched down in Jones County, Mississippi and tracked 11.5 miles, 250 yards wide at its widest, injuring 25.
An F3 tornado touched down in Decatur County, Georgia and tracked 0.5 miles, 100 yards wide at its widest.
The Griffin Daily News reported that lightning struck three homes on McDonough Road. The lightning struck a phone line adjacent to the homes and traveled through the phone line and electrical wires inside the homes.
Near White pine Highway and Sessoms Rd. Tornado touched down uprooting oak trees with one in the side of a house collapsing back porch. A second house was damaged with the roof ripped off. A nearby mobile home was pushed off its foundation.
Emergency Manager reported 1 inch hail in Waynesboro.
The Irwin County EMA reported downed trees and power lines.
A powerful upper level disturbance combined with unseasonably high moisture and instability resulted in a few severe thunderstorms and one brief tornado in the western Florida Panhandle.
Low pressure moving from Texas to the middle Mississippi River Valley was instrumental in developing a squall line of thunderstorms that moved across southeast Louisiana and southern Mississippi in the early morning hours of the 28th.
A closed upper low moved from East Central Texas into Southern Missouri during the morning hours of December 28, 2016. A strongly forced line of convection tracked southwest to northeast across the Mid-South. An EF-2 tornado occurred in East Arkansas.
Scattered showers and a thunderstorm or two developed along a cold front moving from northeast to southwest across the North Carolina Piedmont during the afternoon. One shower produced a brief, weak tornado in Union County.
A strong upper level storm system moving northeastward from southern California on the 27th to the Central Plains on the 29th deepened a surface low and brought warm and moist Gulf air into the region.
Broken lines of thunderstorms developed and moved through eastern Oklahoma during the afternoon and early evening of the 28th, as a cold front and strong upper level storm system approached the Southern Plains from the west.
77 tornadoes were recorded on December 28, 2024, in Louisiana, Texas, Mississippi, Alabama. They killed 1 people.
An EF3 tornado touched down in Montgomery County, Texas and tracked 10.34 miles, 1,675 yards wide at its widest, injuring 10.
An EF3 tornado touched down in Franklin, Lincoln counties, Mississippi and tracked 25.98 miles, 1,500 yards wide at its widest, injuring 4.
An EF3 tornado touched down in Chambers, Jefferson, Cameron Parish counties, Texas and tracked 67.88 miles, 880 yards wide at its widest, injuring 2.
On December 28th, an outbreak of severe weather took place. Initially, a few isolated supercells storms developed and produced some tornadoes. As this occurred, a line of storms also developed and eventually pushed eastward across our region.
An EF2 tornado touched down in Brazoria County, Texas and tracked 8.9 miles, 300 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 5.
Multiple tornadic storms occurred during the afternoon on the 28th, producing hail, wind and tornadoes.
Between December 28–29, 2024, a late season tornado outbreak affected the Deep South. Multiple tornadoes caused severe damage in the Greater Houston area and in Port Arthur, Texas while additional tornadoes caused damage in other states, including Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama.
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A potent low pressure system lifted northeast through the lower Mississippi Valley and mid South during the evening and overnight of the 28th.
On December 28th, an outbreak of severe weather took place. Initially, a few isolated supercells storms developed and produced some tornadoes. As this occurred, a line of storms also developed and eventually pushed eastward across our region.
A quasi-linear convective system (QLCS) entered western Alabama from Mississippi just after 9 PM on December 28.
On December 28, 2024, a potent storm system traversed the southeastern United States, significantly impacting southeastern Louisiana, southern Mississippi, and adjacent coastal waters.
On December 28, 2024, a potent storm system traversed the southeastern United States, significantly impacting southeastern Louisiana, southern Mississippi, and adjacent coastal waters.
A fast-moving Quasi-Linear Convective System (QLCS) in an anomalously warm and humid mid-winter environment led to an uncommon tornado outbreak on December 28, 2025. Over a dozen mainly-weak tornadoes occurred from central Illinois to the Ohio Valley.
Severe thunderstorms moved across portions of central Illinois during the late morning of December 28th producing localized wind damage.
The airmass continued to destabilize across central Illinois during the afternoon of December 28th as high temperatures reached record values in the upper 60s to around 70 degrees and dewpoints hovered in the lower to middle 60s.
An unseasonably warm and humid airmass was in place across central Illinois during the morning of December 28th characterized by temperatures and dewpoints in the lower 60s.
1 on December 28, oldest first.
A series of strong Pacific storm systems with a subtropical moisture tap began on December 18 and continued through the end of the month. The first 10 days of this wet period conditioned the watersheds with flooding of concern beginning on December 28th.
11 on December 28, oldest first.
The Hillsborough River in Hillsborough county crested at 34.0 feet at Morris Bridge Road, nearly two feet above the flood stage of 32 feet, on the 29th. Nearly 30 homes incurred minor damage from floodwaters.
A nearly stationary upper level trough produced heavy rains across the eastern sections of Puerto Rico during the afternoon. Flooding was observed in Jimenes and La Ponderosa sectors in Rio Grande and in Beatriz sector in Cayey where several families had to be relocated.
A strong Pacific storm system moved across Arizona December 28th and 29th with heavy rainfall. The governor of Arizona declared a state of emergency for Coconino and Yavapai Counties which provided $200,000 aid for relief efforts.
A strong trough moved along the northern California coast bringing heavy rain and strong wind to the San Francisco Bay Area and central coast. Localized flooding, damaging wind, downed trees and power lines, and minor debris flows all occurred during this last week of the year.
A large and complex weather system from the Pacific moved across north central Idaho to end the year. This system had 3 major impacts on the region. First, a tight surface pressure gradient, along with strong upper level winds produced high winds.
A house along the private sidewalk Brighton Boardwalk in Clinton was destroyed by a Sunday afternoon mudslide.
Strong south to southeasterly gradient winds of 35 to 50 mph just ahead of a line of showers and thunderstorms caused scattered wind damage across Middle Tennessee from late morning into the afternoon on December 28.
An unseasonably humid regime featured moisture intrusion from the Gulf of Mexico ahead of an approaching cold front, and a southwesterly flow aloft. Localized heavy rainfall mainly south of the I-40 corridor produced flooding.
Widespread moderate to heavy rain developed across western North Carolina on the 27th in advance of a strong cold front. The rain persisted through much of the 28th before tapering off late in the day.
Very high surf caused by swell from north Pacific lows led to coastal flooding and damage across the Pacific coast of the San Francisco Bay Area and Central Coast. The Bodega Bay buoy reported a significant wave height of 28 ft at 4:20 AM.
An upper level disturbance rapidly intensified while dropping southeast from the Panhandle into North Texas Saturday morning December 28. Thunderstorms developed near and south of the DFW Metroplex in the vicinity of a surface low and Pacific front.
19 on December 28, oldest first.
High winds gusting to 60 mph (51 kts) during the afternoon, and from previous days, caused an office building and showroom under construction in Golden to collapse. The largest wall was 180 feet long and 28 feet high.
A fence fell onto a carport at an apartment complex causing extensive damage to several parked cars. The damaged was discovered in the morning, but was said to have likely been the result of the winds that occurred during overnight hours.
Roof blown off a building in Madisonville. Trees down countywide.
A complex storm system took shape at the end of December and brought a round of elevated hail storms to the region.
A strong upper level trough moved through West Tennessee during the early morning hours of December 28th, 2007. Showers and thunderstorms developed in association with the trough. Some of the thunderstorms became severe and produced large hail.
A rapidly deepening low pressure system tracked northeast from northern Lake Michigan, sending a strong cold front through southeast Michigan.
A complex area of low pressure developed over the midsection of the nation and strengthened as it moved into the western Great Lakes region then into Quebec. Winds accompanying the system increased rapidly across the area ranging from 30 to 40 m.p.h.
A strong low pressure system produced very windy conditions across southwestern lower Michigan on December the 28th. The highest wind gusts occurred mainly before sunrise, however very gusty conditions persisted well into the afternoon.
A very potent upper atmospheric and surface storm moved across the Great Lakes and into Ontario and Quebec on December 28th. A very strong wind field of 65 to 80 miles per hour, located several thousand feet above the surface, accompanied this storm.
Low pressure moving into the Great Lakes produced strong southeast winds along and just west of the Laurel and Chestnut Ridges in western Pennsylvania, the higher elevations of Garrett county Maryland, and Preston and Tucker counties in West Virginia.
A line of showers and storms along a cold front pushed across the region. One storm caused wind damage in South Central Louisiana. Behind the front, strong north winds pushed the tide levels below normal.
A passing upper level disturbance generated an unstable atmosphere during the afternoon hours of December 28th. Several severe storms formed across southwestern Tennessee producing numerous reports of large hail.
A stationary frontal boundary produced a strong storm.
A system dragged a cold front toward Arkansas on the 28th. The front sparked a line of showers and isolated thunderstorms. While temperatures remained mild (in the 60s to lower 70s), the atmosphere was not overly unstable.
On December 28th, as part of a larger severe weather outbreak that was focused south and southeast of Arkansas, a supercell thunderstorm developed and produced a swath of large hail in southeast Arkansas.
A potent low pressure system lifted northeast through the lower Mississippi Valley and mid South during the evening and overnight of the 28th. A squall line along a trailing cold front roared northeast into southern middle Tennessee, producing damaging wind in Lincoln County.
Strong winds and periods of snow caused significant blowing snow across much of northern Illinois from early morning through early afternoon on December 29th. Visibilities were frequently under one mile, especially in rural areas.
A narrow line of thunderstorms moved through the area during the evening hours.
52 on December 28, oldest first.
Snowstorm of December 28, 1978 was ranked category 4, Crippling, on NOAA’s Regional Snowfall Index, strongest in the Upper Midwest. It lasted from December 28, 1978 to January 3, 1979.
After almost a foot of new snow fell, Yakima had a new record for snow depth with 27" on the ground. There were millions of dollars in damage to several warehouse roofs and dozens of buildings had partially collapsed roofs. I-82 from Yakima to Ellensburg was closed.
Another round of heavy snow hit most of the Puget Sound area. At 430 am Port Angeles had 15" new snow and 25" on the ground. In North Seattle the snow changed to rain at 6 am, but by that time they had 9" new snow and 22" on the ground.
Snowstorm of December 28, 2000 was ranked category 2, Significant, on NOAA’s Regional Snowfall Index, strongest in the Northeast. It lasted from December 28, 2000 to January 1, 2001.
A strong low pressure system over central North Dakota early on the 28th, trekked into southwestern Minnesota during the afternoon, and then moved into northern Iowa during the evening hours.
A strong upper level low pressure dropped southeast out of the northern Rockies into Iowa. The surface low was very close to the upper low as it moved through eastern South Dakota, southeast into east central Iowa.
A cold front moved east across Northeast Ohio during the afternoon of the 28th. West winds behind this front caused lake effect snow showers to intensify during the late afternoon and evening hours.
A cold front moved east across northwest Pennsylvania on the 28th. West winds behind this front caused lake effect snow showers to intensify during the afternoon and evening hours.
Another potent winter storm hit much of Utah, with the northern part of the state the hardest hit. Weather was believed to be the main factor in 2 traffic fatalities.
A Winter Storm Warning was issued for Oregon zones ORZ024/025/026/027/028/029/030/031 above 2000 feet on 12/28/03 at 0315 PST and expired on 12/29/03 at 1830 PST. The observations above verified the warning, which likely should have included all elevations above 1000 feet or so.
A Winter Storm Warning was issued for California zones CAZ080/081/082/083/084/085 above 2000 feet on 12/28/03 at 0315 PST and expired on 12/29/03 at 1830 PST. The observations above verified the warning, which likely should have included all elevations above 1000 feet or so.
A strong and vigorous upper low moved across the Rockies and produced heavy snow and blizzard conditions along with freezing rain to the western and central Texas panhandle.
A strong and vigorous upper low moved across the Rockies and brought strong winds and heavy snow to the Oklahoma panhandle.
Heavy snow and blizzard conditions impacted the western mountains...and the eastern mountains and southeast plains of southern Colorado. Wind gusts exceeded 55 mph...snow amounts reached up to 48 inches...and snow drifts noted as high as 18 feet.
Another slow moving storm system moved from the Desert Southwest and into the Texas Panhandle.
A potent upper level disturbance lifted across Michigan on the 28th, bringing a relatively short period of heavy snow. Accumulations of five to six inches were common across almost all of Northern Michigan, falling in just six hours.
Low pressure moved rapidly from the southern Plains to eastern Missouri and then to southern lower Michigan. This spread a large area of snow across the region on December 28 2007, with the snow falling for about 6 to 12 hours.
Snowstorm of December 28, 2009 was ranked category 2, Significant, on NOAA’s Regional Snowfall Index, strongest in the Northeast. It lasted from December 28, 2009 to January 4, 2010.
An upper atmospheric area of low pressure and weak surface low moved across Vermont on the morning of December 28th.
An upper level disturbance brought a general two to four inch snowfall to the entire region. As the storm departed, lake effect snow developed off Lakes Erie and Ontario in the colder, westerly flow.
An upper atmospheric area of low pressure and weak surface low moved across northern New York on the morning of December 28th.
Heavy snow fell over much of Eastern Washington, as well as blizzard conditions on the Palouse. Widespread accidents, major highway closures, and thousands losing power resulted during this major storm. Road closures include U.S.
Another very cold and moist storm system dropped into the western United States from the Gulf of Alaska, bringing widespread snow to Utah. Heavy snow was observed all the way from Utah's northern mountains down to Utah's southern border with Arizona.
A storm system moved across northern New York and the Champlain Valley into the St. Lawrence River Valley of Canada during the early morning hours of December 28th.
An area of low pressure tracked across the region and in its wake arctic air poured across the Great Lakes. Off Lake Ontario, the long fetch of a westerly wind produced broad bands of lake effect snow over the upslope regions of the Tug Hill.
Snowstorm of December 28, 2012 was ranked category 1, Notable, on NOAA’s Regional Snowfall Index, strongest in the Northeast. It lasted from December 28, 2012 to December 31, 2012.
A cold winter storm moved through Utah in the final week of 2014. The storm brought snow to both the valleys and mountains of northern Utah beginning December 28.
A multi-faceted storm system impacted central Illinois from December 26th through 28th...bringing heavy rainfall, significant ice accumulations, and strong winds.
A winter storm affected Southern WI as strong low pressure tracked from the Lower Mississippi River Valley to Northeast IL and Lower MI. Most areas saw 5 to 10 inches of wet snow and sleet combined, with sleet accumulations up to two inches in some areas.
Freezing rain and sleet, in combination with gusty winds, created difficult travel and scattered power outages on December 28th. Ice accretions between 0.05 inches and 0.20 inches were common, with sleet accumulations up to near 1 inch in northwest Indiana.
Early December 28th a low pressure center resided over the southern plains near the Oklahoma-Arkansas border. Over the next day plus it slowly moved north northeast into Missouri and Illinois.
A warm front approached the region from the south during the late evening hours on Monday, December 28th.
The first major winter storm of the 2015-2016 winter season for the region produced a swath of 8 to 14 inches of snow across parts of central and northeast Wisconsin as a low pressure system moved from Arkansas to southern Lake Michigan.
A strong low pressure system moved north-northeast from Texas, reaching central Lake Michigan by the morning of the 29th. Warm and moist air surged north into Michigan in advance of this system, overriding cool and dry air already in place.
A potent low pressure system tracked from eastern Oklahoma and Missouri into northern Illinois and the Great Lakes region, from December 28th to the early morning hours of the 29th.
One person was killed in a two vehicle accident on Interstate 90 near Dresbach (Winona County) on December 28th. The driver was attempting to pass a semi truck and had limited visibility due to snow blowing off the road.
A stationary front fed by a rich plume of Pacific moisture followed by the passage of a weakening surface low pressure brought heavy snow to the mountains and northern Columbia Basin of eastern Washington beginning on the 28th of December and continuing into the 30th.
This was a classic overrunning event with an arctic air mass in place which lasted several days.
One person was killed in a two vehicle accident east of Austin (Mower County) after a light snow event on December 28th. The two vehicles collided at an intersection that the state police reported to be snow and ice covered.
Areas of freezing drizzle developed across portions of southern Wisconsin during the evening and overnight hours of December 28, 2018. The icy conditions led to numerous vehicle accidents.
A deep trough across the southwestern U.S. in the early morning of Saturday, December 28 pushed eastward through the day, allowing low pressure to organize near the Oklahoma and Texas Panhandles.
A deep trough across the southwestern U.S. in the early morning of Saturday, December 28 pushed eastward through the day, allowing low pressure to organize near the Oklahoma and Texas Panhandles.
A deep trough across the southwestern U.S. in the early morning of Saturday, December 28 pushed eastward through the day, allowing low pressure to organize near the Oklahoma and Texas Panhandles.
A Colorado Low took shape during the early morning hours of Saturday, December 28th, with an inverted trough extending up toward the Red River Valley. During the day, the surface low tracked into eastern Nebraska, but the inverted trough remained over the valley.
An area of low pressure moved from the Southern Plains to northern Iowa the 28th into the 29th and spread snowfall across northern Minnesota starting the morning of the 28th.
Only a few days after South Central Nebraska had melted off the vast majority of lingering snow cover from earlier in the month, a moderately-strong winter storm rolled through between the evening of Monday the 28th and afternoon of Tuesday the 29th, dropping a fresh blanket of…
A low pressure system developed over eastern Colorado early on the 28th and moved northeastward through the day across the Central Plains and into Upper Michigan by sunrise on the 29th.
A band of snow moved across western Wisconsin during the late morning and afternoon of December 28th. Roads quickly became snow covered and slippery and contributed to a fatal accident that occurred on Interstate 90 near West Salem (La Crosse County).
Snowboarders died in avalanches in Millcreek Canyon and Big Cottonwood Canyon.
Very strong low pressure system crossed northern Michigan during the overnight hours on the 28th into the 29th.
A strong winter system pivoted over Minnesota and Wisconsin on December 28th, allowing widespread snow to last nearly 24 hours.
Sub-freezing temperatures ahead of an approaching warm front resulted in a period of accumulating freezing rain for all of eastern New York during the late afternoon and evening hours on December 28, 2025 into the overnight or morning hours on December 29, 2025.
6 on December 28, oldest first.
On this date in 1915, the low temperature at Hooker, Oklahoma was minus 15 degrees. This was the coldest temperature for Oklahoma that year.
From the National Weather Service in Norman, Oklahoma.
A 62 year old Taos woman was found dead in the side yard of her home. The death appeared to be an accidental fall and exposure to subzero temperatures.
A 55 year old woman died due to cold exposure on Kolmar Street in Chicago on December 29th. Low temperatures were in the single digits. A 58 year old man died from cold exposure in Mount Vernon Park on Aberdeen Street in Chicago on December 31st.
Frigid air settled over the area resulting in wind chill temperatures from 40 below to 55 below zero.
A man died from hypothermia in a lagoon near Froedtert Hospital.
Cold morning temperatures near normal across Southeastern Arizona. The Pima County Medical Examiner confirmed that cold was the primary factor in the cause of death for an individual in Sells.
3 on December 28, oldest first.
The Giww Arson Fire was discovered on December 28, 1999, in Texas, and burned 5,000 acres; the cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
The Pastoliak River Fire was discovered on December 28, 2000, in Alaska, and burned 12,891 acres; the cause was recorded as equipment and vehicle use.
A man was killed while attempting to put out a wildfire in the Woodhaven subdivision in Orlando.
19 on December 28, oldest first.
An earthquake struck Laoag, N Luzon, Philippines.
A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck Leukas (Ionian Islands), Greece. It killed 15 people and did severe (about $5 to $25 million) damage. It caused a tsunami.
An earthquake struck Puerto Montt, Chile. It caused a tsunami.
A magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck Davao Gulf, Philippines.
A magnitude 7 earthquake struck Messina, Sicily, Calabria, Italy. With the tsunami it caused, it killed 80,000 people and did $116 million in damage.
1 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme). The epicentre was in the Strait of Messina which separates Sicily from the Italian mainland.
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A magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck Kamchatka, Russia. It caused a tsunami.
The 1935 Sumatra earthquake occurred at 09:35 local time on 28 December. 7 and a maximum felt intensity of VII (Damaging) on the European macroseismic scale.
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A magnitude 7.9 earthquake struck Batu I,padang,sibolga, N Sumatera, Indonesia. It caused a tsunami.
A magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck New Britain, Papua New Guinea.
A magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck Taltal, Catalina, Chile. It killed 3 people, injured 6 and did $400,000 in damage. It caused a tsunami.
A magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck Espiritu Santo, Luganille, Vanuatu Islands.
A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck Balakot, Patan, Pakistan. With the tsunami it caused, it killed 5,300 people, injured 17,000 and did $3.3 million in damage.
The 1974 Pattan earthquake occurred in the rugged and isolated Hunza, Hazara and Swat districts of northern Pakistan at 12:11 UTC on 28 December 1974. 2 surface-wave magnitude quake had a shallow focal depth of 22 km and was followed by numerous aftershocks.
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A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck S. of Honshu Island, Japan. It caused a tsunami.
A magnitude 7 earthquake struck Kamchatka, Russia. It caused a tsunami.
The 1989 Newcastle earthquake was an intraplate earthquake that occurred in Newcastle, New South Wales, on Thursday 28 December. 6 on the Richter scale and was one of Australia's most serious natural disasters, killing 13 people and injuring more than 160.
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A magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck Honshu, Japan. It killed 3 people, injured 200 and did $170.4 million in damage. It caused a tsunami.
The 1994 offshore Sanriku earthquake occurred on December 28, 1994, at 12:19 UTC. 7 earthquake with epicenter located in the Pacific Ocean at about 180 km east of Hachinohe, Aomori.
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2 on December 28, oldest first.
Toya, Japan erupted with a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 2. It killed 1 person.
Tengger Caldera, Indonesia erupted with a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 3.
11 on December 28, oldest first.
A tsunami caused by a magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck Ionian Sea, Greece. It killed 15 people and did severe (about $5 to $25 million) damage.
A tsunami with a source recorded as earthquake struck Southern Chile.
A tsunami with a source recorded as earthquake and landslide struck Messina Strait, Ionian Sea, Italy, with a maximum water height of 13 meters. It killed 80,000 people and did $116 million in damage.
A tsunami caused by a magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck Kamchatka, Russia, with a maximum water height of 2 meters.
A tsunami caused by a magnitude 7.9 earthquake struck SW. Sumatra, Indonesia.
A tsunami caused by a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck Northern Chile, with a maximum water height of 0.42 meters. It killed 3 people, injured 6 and did $400,000 in damage.
A tsunami caused by a magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck Pakistan. It killed 5,300 people, injured 17,000 and did $3.3 million in damage.
A tsunami caused by a magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck S. of Honshu Island, Japan, with a maximum water height of 0.19 meters.
A tsunami caused by a magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck Kamchatka, Russia, with a maximum water height of 0.2 meters.
A tsunami caused by a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck Tohuku, Japan, with a maximum water height of 0.53 meters. It killed 3 people, injured 200 and did $170.4 million in damage.
A tsunami with a source recorded as landslide struck Zhaojun Bridge, Hubei Province, China, with a maximum water height of 5.2 meters.
1 on December 28, oldest first.
A G3 (strong) geomagnetic storm began December 28, 1951, reached Kp 7 and lasted 12 hours, with a daily Ap as high as 68; at that Kp the aurora may be seen from about 50 degrees geomagnetic latitude.
7 on December 28, oldest first.
Dangerous Surf conditions led to the death of a diver in Carmel.
A strong cold front crossed the region during the morning hours. Winds shifted to the southwest and increased rapidly. The combination of the wind shift, rapid strengthening of the wind speed and the long fetch up the length of Lake Erie produced a seiche on the lake.
A large, long period swell impacted the California coastline for two days from December 28-29. A pair of fishermen were killed during the event from a sneaker wave which washed them off the rocks they were fishing on.
The Talanei News reported a drowning incident of a 31 year old male near the village of Faleasao during the afternoon time. Hazardous seas and surfs were results of an active monsoonal trough that moved near the east of Manu'a.
Increasing winds and a small northerly swell resulted in life-threatening rip currents along the north-facing beaches of Puerto Rico, including Culebra.
Dense fog blanketed the area on the the morning of December 28th with a dense fog advisory in effect for visibility under a quarter mile. Unfortunately a car accident that morning resulted in three fatalities and three injuries.
A long period northerly swell produced large breaking waves and strong rip currents along the northern beaches of the islands late in December. On the 28th, a person drowned after getting caught in a rip current in Loiza, PR.
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