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Earthquakes
The 1943 Tosya–Ladik earthquake occurred at 01:20 local time on 27 November, near Tosya, Kastamonu Province, in northern Turkey. 7 and a maximum felt intensity of XI (Catastrophic) on the MSK-64 scale.
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Earthquakes
A magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck Ladik, Samsun, Havza, Turkey. It killed 4,020 people, injured 5,000, destroyed 40,000 houses and did extreme (about $25 million or more) damage.
Earthquakes
The 1930 North Izu earthquake occurred on November 26 at 04:02 local time. The epicenter was located in the northern Izu Peninsula, Japan.
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Earthquakes
A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck Durres, Thumane, Tirana, Albania. It killed 51 people, injured 2,000, destroyed 11,000 houses and did $1.1 billion in damage.
Earthquakes
9 mi) west-southwest of Mamurras. The earthquake lasted at least 50 seconds and was felt in Albania's capital Tirana, and in places as far away as Bari, Taranto and Belgrade, 370 kilometres (230 mi) northeast of the epicentre.
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Earthquakes
A magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck Pantar, Mount Sirung, Timor, Indonesia. It killed 125 people, injured 108, destroyed 237 houses and did $5 million in damage. It caused a tsunami.
Earthquakes
A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck Tepelene, Dragoti, Peshtani, Maricaj, Albania. It killed 200 people and did severe (about $5 to $25 million) damage.
Earthquakes
A magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck Nabire, Indonesia. It killed 32 people, injured 130, destroyed 328 houses and did $55 million in damage.
Tornadoes
An F3 tornado touched down in Quitman County, Mississippi and 200 yards wide at its widest, killing 11 and injuring 22. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Marks, MS.
Tornadoes
An F3 tornado touched down in Fayette, Marion counties, Alabama and tracked 6.7 miles, 400 yards wide at its widest, killing 4 and injuring 15. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: NW Winfield, AL.
Hurricanes and tropical storms
Hurricane Page reached its peak of 140 kt (160 mph) with a central pressure of 915 mb, a category 5 storm.
Tornadoes
An F3 tornado touched down in Henry County, Tennessee and tracked 5 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest, killing 2 and injuring 12.
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An F2 tornado touched down in Wood County, Texas and tracked 1.4 miles, 100 yards wide at its widest, killing 5 and injuring 20. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Mineola, TX.
An F2 tornado touched down in Tunica County, Mississippi and tracked 0.9 miles, 300 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 1. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: E Tunica, MS.
An F3 tornado touched down in Dickson County, Tennessee and tracked 4.3 miles, injuring 6. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Charlotte, TN.
An F3 tornado touched down in Quitman County, Mississippi and 200 yards wide at its widest, killing 11 and injuring 22. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Marks, MS.
An F3 tornado touched down in Fayette, Marion counties, Alabama and tracked 6.7 miles, 400 yards wide at its widest, killing 4 and injuring 15. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: NW Winfield, AL.
An F2 tornado touched down in York County, South Carolina and tracked 20.1 miles, 250 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 12. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Sharon to Rock Hill, SC.
An F1 tornado touched down in City of Portsmouth County, Virginia, killing 2 and injuring 3. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Portsmouth County, VA.
An F3 tornado touched down in Boone, Hamilton counties, Indiana and tracked 14.7 miles, 527 yards wide at its widest, injuring 5.
An F3 tornado touched down in Hancock County, Indiana and tracked 1 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest, injuring 3.
An F3 tornado touched down in Greene County, Arkansas and tracked 3.6 miles, 880 yards wide at its widest.
An F3 tornado touched down in Saint Joseph County, Indiana and tracked 1 miles, 70 yards wide at its widest.
An F3 tornado touched down in Delaware County, Indiana and tracked 0.5 miles, 10 yards wide at its widest.
An F3 tornado touched down in Decatur County, Indiana and tracked 1.9 miles, 10 yards wide at its widest.
An F2 tornado touched down in Metcalfe County, Kentucky and tracked 5.4 miles, 10 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 1.
An F3 tornado touched down in Webster, Clay, Monroe counties, Mississippi and tracked 54.4 miles, 10 yards wide at its widest, injuring 5.
An F3 tornado touched down in Copiah County, Mississippi and tracked 0.1 miles, 10 yards wide at its widest.
An F1 (on the Fujita Scale) tornado briefly touched down in Grasonville at 555 a.m. EST near the Chester River Beach Community. No injuries were reported. Eyewitness accounts stated it all happened within 30 seconds. The maximum wind speed was estimated between 75 and 90 mph.
An unseasonably warm and humid air mass and an approaching cold front combined to produce a tornado (F1 on the Fujita Scale) in Honey Brook near 6 p.m. EST. About a dozen people were injured. Two barns and four houses were destroyed, twenty-five other homes were damaged.
An F3 tornado touched down in Henry County, Tennessee and tracked 5 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest, killing 2 and injuring 12.
Several buildings had water in their basements. A dozen roads were flooded.
The tornado was first sighted near Leflore. The tornado tracked northeast through Holcomb and ended about four miles northeast of Dubard after staying on the ground for about 12 miles.
This tornado was one in a series of weak tornadoes that developed this day. Damage was confined mostly to small trees, tree limbs and power lines. The side of a barn was caved in from the tornado and tin roofs were missing from 2 sheds.
Damage was confined mostly to trees and tree limbs. A row of Pecan trees was knocked over at the beginning of the path. Some power lines were down, a mobile home had its roof stripped and a home had its chimney and roof damaged.
A supercell developed in a favorable environment which produced a weak tornado. Damage was mostly confined to small trees, tree limbs, and street signs.
A strong tornado moved from northeast Bradley County into southeast Cleveland County. Two houses sustained major damage and several other houses had roof damage. A large farm shed was destroyed as were two barns. A chicken house also had major damage.
A strong tornado was spawned in southwest Lincoln County. The tornado damaged about 30 residences, which included both houses and mobile homes. Numerous outbuildings were destroyed, a few chicken houses were damaged and several buildings in Star City suffered damage.
A strong tornado was spawned in northern Bradley County. The tornado first touched down 4 miles east-northeast of Banks and traveled to the northeast.
A supercell developed in a favorable environment which produced a weak tornado. Damage was mostly confined to small trees, tree limbs, and street signs. A portion of a guard rail was damaged and thrown onto the west bound lane of Interstate-20 at mile marker 93.
This weak tornado was spawned from the supercell that produced a weak tornado over Lincoln Parish, LA. Damage was mostly confined to small trees and limbs and several power lines.
A weak F1 tornado touched down briefly in Clark County about 1.4 miles southeast of Griffithtown. The tornado moved quickly northeast before lifting 3.5 miles east-southeast of Griffithtown. Numerous trees were blown down along the path of the tornado.
Damage was confined mostly to small and medium trees and tree limbs. No structures or power lines were in the path of this tornado.
A long-lasting tornado tore across northern Beauregard Parish, staying in mainly rural areas. The worst damage occurred along Highway 26 east of DeRidder, where two mobile homes were flipped over. Debris was strewn for over a half mile.
The tornado that originated in Beauregard Parish moved into rural sections of Vernon Parish, near Highway 399. One mobile home had its roof blown off, a wooden garage was destroyed. and several trees and power lines were downed.
Low pressure lifted northeast across central North Carolina during the evening of November 26th. Very strong southerly winds east of the low led to warm and slightly unstable conditions over eastern North Carolina.
A surface low deepened and tracked northeastward through the Florida Panhandle and southern Georgia during the morning hours. Ahead of this low, a warm front was able to move northward and bring an unstable airmass into portions of the Florida Panhandle.
An EF2 tornado touched down in Franklin Parish, Louisiana and tracked 7.02 miles, 700 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 1.
Warm, moist air was in place across northeast Louisiana during the afternoon and evening of November 26th. As a strong cold front neared the region, supercell thunderstorms developed ahead of the front.
Warm, moist air was in place across central Mississippi during the afternoon and evening of November 26th. As a strong cold front neared the region, supercell thunderstorms developed ahead of the front.
A deep southwesterly flow aloft ahead of a large upper trough of low pressure exiting the Rockies into the Central and Southern Plains spread across the Ark-La-Tex area during the afternoon hours on November 26th.
A surface low developed in southeast Texas early November 26th and tracked northeast towards central Arkansas throughout the day. At the same time, a cold front tracked across western Louisiana while a warm front lifted north across southeast Louisiana and southern Mississippi.
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Hurricane Irma reached its peak of 115 kt (130 mph) with a central pressure of 940 mb, a category 4 storm.
Hurricane Page reached its peak of 140 kt (160 mph) with a central pressure of 915 mb, a category 5 storm.
Tropical Depression 26W developed about 230 miles south-southwest of Pohnpei Island in Pohnpei State of the Federated States of Micronesia around 0400 GST the morning of 26 November.
Hurricane Sandra reached its peak of 130 kt (150 mph) with a central pressure of 934 mb, a category 4 storm.
Cyclonic Storm Ditwah was a weak but catastrophic tropical cyclone that brought heavy rain to Sri Lanka and Southern India in late November and early December 2025. The fourteenth tropical depression and fourth cyclonic storm of the 2025 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Ditwah originated from a well-marked low before steadily intensifying into a cyclonic storm and making landfall in Sri Lanka.
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Sheriff's office reported trees were blown down.
An upper trough moving over the islands from the northwest spawned heavy rain and flash flooding conditions. A married couple from Hana, Maui, were apparently swept away by swollen stream waters on Thanksgiving night as they tried to make their way back to their home.
A portion of State Route 20 collapsed this morning near mile marker 90 in Concrete.
An Arctic cold front pushed south through north Texas Thanksgiving night through the following morning. Showers and thunderstorms accompanied the front, then continued through the weekend as a strong overrunning pattern remained in place after the front moved through the area.
A rapidly intensifying and ultimately record setting low pressure system moved into northern California and the Pacific Northwest in late November.
A large winter storm brought heavy rain and snow to the Mojave Desert and southern Great Basin, causing major impacts to the Thanksgiving holiday traffic.
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An apparent microburst produced a small swath of damage in the west portion of Annapolis during the pre-dawn hours of the 26th. The event was part of a bow-echo which developed ahead of a strong cold front.
Thunderstorm wind, aided by terrain channeling up a mountain side, lifted a patio deck subsequently pulling the roof off from a house southwest of Stallion Springs. The damage was very localized, but totally demolishing one house.
Roof damage to a large, rural warehouse. No other damage reported in the agricultural area. 1/2 to 3/4 of 16,000 sq.ft. structure, including two evaporative coolers, were damaged by the gust.
An intensifying low pressure system moved northeast across southern New England on Thanksgiving Day. Most of central and eastern Massachusetts was affected by strong winds.
A severe thunderstorm produced a microburst with hurricane force gusts that damged five homes in Geigertown around the intersection of Pennsylvania State Route 82 and Geigertown Road. Several barn roofs and sheds were also blown away.
One home had its back porch blown off. Numerous trees were knocked down.
A severe thunderstorm produced wind damage just north of the Seminole-Miller County line.
A strong cold front moved through the Texas Panhandle during the morning hours. A tight pressure gradient behind the front resulted in non-thunderstorm gradient winds across much of the Texas Panhandle.
A strong cold front moved onto the coast, bringing high winds, mainly to beaches and headlands along the coast.
A coastal storm passed east of Long Island on the 26th on November.
An intense surface low pressure system strengthened as it moved across the Oklahoma Panhandle during the day. An associated cold front passed through the Texas Panhandle. |High winds began during the morning across the Texas Panhandle and continued well into the afternoon.
A vigorous low in the mid levels of the atmosphere raced out of the central Rockies and became even stronger as it moved into the upper Midwest. As a result, the surface pressure gradient increased across the region.
A vigorous low in the mid levels of the atmosphere raced out of the central Rockies and became even stronger as it moved into the upper Midwest. As a result, the surface pressure gradient increased across the region.
An intense band of showers and thunderstorms developed just ahead of an approaching occluded front. One of the storms was responsible for a microburst in Salem County.
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Snowstorm of November 26, 1989 was ranked category 1, Notable, on NOAA’s Regional Snowfall Index, strongest in the Northern Rockies and Plains. It lasted from November 26, 1989 to November 29, 1989.
On November 26, a low pressure system brought a combination of snow and freezing rain to southern Vermont. Over Bennington and Windham Counties, snow and heavy freezing rain downed trees and power lines and caused numerous accidents.
On November 26, a low pressure system brought a combination of snow and freezing rain to parts of eastern New York. Over Warren and Washington Counties, snow and heavy freezing rain downed trees and power lines and caused numerous accidents.
A strong Pacific storm brought heavy rain...thunderstorms and snow to Southern California. With this storm, snow levels dropped to around 5000 feet. Snow accumulations up to 6 inches were reported in the mountains. At lower elevations, heavy rain and small hail fell.
A strong cold front moved through Utah. Strong south-southwest winds developed out ahead of this front on the 26th. Some peak wind gusts were: Mt. Ogden 82 mph (71 kts), St. George airport 75 mph (65 kts) and Cedar City 47 mph (41 kts).
Low pressure along the New England coast Thursday afternoon, November 26th, resulted in a very wet snow across portions of northern Vermont...especially along and east of the Green Mountains. The storm moved into eastern Canada on Friday, November 27th.
A complex area of low pressure with one center that moved along the New England coast and the other center through the Great Lakes region spread freezing rain across the area. Roads became slippery with several automobile accidents reported.
A complex area of low pressure with one center that moved along the New England coast and the other center through the Great Lakes region spread freezing rain, mixed with sleet at times, across the area. Roads became slippery with a number of automobile accidents reported.
A complex area of low pressure with one center that moved along the New England coast and the other center through the Great Lakes region spread freezing rain, mixed at times with sleet, across the area. Roads became slippery and a number of accidents were reported on roadways.
Heavy snow fell overnight with snow accumulations ranging from 6 to 17 inches. The highest amounts occurred from southern Cass County, through southern Crow Wing County and Aitkin County to Pine County. Snowfall in these areas ranged from 8 to 17 inches.
A strong low pressure system developed in Colorado on the 25th, reached eastern Iowa during the evening of the 26th, then trekked into eastern Wisconsin late on the 27th.
Heavy snow of 6 to 12 inches along with strong north winds of 20 to 40 mph caused near blizzard conditions and difficult travel conditions across most of central and northeast South Dakota. Most schools were closed or started late on both the 26th and 27th.
Widespread heavy snow accumulated from 6 to 16 inches. The snowfall closed many schools and businesses, closed some government offices, and severely hampered transportation.
It was a very warm period for Thanksgiving with afternoon high temperatures in the 50s and 60s, a cold front moved into the area on Sunday and brought colder air to the region.
Freezing rain the evening of November 26th through the morning of November 27th caused light ice accumulations of a tenth of an inch or less. The freezing rain made roads and other surfaces icy, resulting in numerous traffic accidents.
A cold air mass from the interior of Western Canada moved south through western Washington during this period, pushing snow levels down to sea level.
Freezing rain the evening of November 26th through the morning of November 27th caused light ice accumulations of a tenth of an inch or less. The freezing rain made roads and other surfaces icy, resulting in numerous traffic accidents.
An experienced snowmobiler got caught in an avalanche in Utah's Uinta Mountains. He was buried by the snow and died at the scene.
A rare November winter storm moved through the coal fields on November 26 and 27. Rain chanced to snow during the evening of November 26th and the snow continued through the day on the 27th before tapering off during the evening.
Low pressure originating along the Gulf Coast on November 26th tracked northeast up the east side of the Appalachians during the early hours of November 27th.
A strengthening area of low pressure moved north along the U.S. East Coast. The storm brought accumulating now across western New York. Across parts of the North Country, the snow mixed with sleet and freezing rain.
Low pressure originating along the Gulf Coast on November 26th tracked northeast up the east side of the Appalachians during the early hours of November 27th.
Snowstorm of November 26, 2014 was ranked category 1, Notable, on NOAA’s Regional Snowfall Index, strongest in the Northeast. It lasted from November 26, 2014 to November 28, 2014.
A winter storm on the 26th, the day before Thanksgiving Day, dropped heavy snow over parts of northwest New Jersey and caused power outages as well as additional traveling difficulties. Governer Chris Christie declared a state of emergency.
A group of seven snowmobilers was riding north of Cooke City when an 18 year old from Minnesota was caught in an avalanche on a steep, northwest facing slope on Crown Butte outside Cooke City.
A surface low developed off the Florida coast during the evening of November 25th and proceeded to strengthen into a Nor'easter as it moved across Cape Cod Massachusetts around Midnight on November 27th.
A strong coastal storm moved up the east coast and over Nantucket bringing a heavy wet snow to much of the area. This resulted in tree damage and scattered power outages across the region.
An early season winter storm impacted all of eastern New York during the busy Thanksgiving travel period on November 26th-27th, 2014. The storm began during the morning of Wednesday, November 26th.
A strong coastal storm moved up the east coast and over Nantucket bringing a heavy wet snow to much of the area. This resulted in tree damage and scattered power outages across the region.
A developing storm along the South Carolina coast spread snow into the mountain counties of West Virginia during the predawn hours on the 26th. The snow was the heaviest during the daylight morning hours.
A cold front moved through the Texas Panhandle on the night of the 25th resulting in a layer of shallow cold air across the area on the 26th. A strong storm system approached from the west bringing moisture and relatively warm air atop the cold shallow layer.
Following a sharp cold front which ignited a few strong thunderstorms during the late afternoon hours on Thanksgiving Day, brisk northerly winds and freezing temperatures overspread the region and remained in place for nearly 48 hours.
On November 26th and 27th, a mixture of sleet and freezing rain spread across most of Central, South-Central, and Southeast Kansas.
A deep layer of sub-tropical moisture that surged northeast off the eastern Pacific Ocean interacted with a shallow but potent cold airmass over eastern New Mexico around the Thanksgiving holiday.
An upper level low sat over the Intermountain West at the beginning of this time frame then slowly moved eastward through the Central Rockies and Central Plains through November 30th. Upper level shortwaves ejected eastward towards western Kansas as the low shifted eastward.
Southerly flow ahead of a surface cold front boosted surface dewpoints into the upper 40s and low 50s.
A large trough of low pressure from the Pacific moved across the Western States with three distinct short wave troughs impacting northern Arizona. This storm system brought widespread rain and snow to the area.
Orographic lifting ahead of a cold frontal boundary associated with an eastern moving low pressure system through central and northern California caused heavy snows in parts of the Sierra Nevada range and high winds in the Kern County Mountains.
A storm that brought blizzard conditions to parts of the Midwest on Sunday, November 25th moved into the Ohio River Valley - Southern Great Lakes on 11/26.
A storm that brought blizzard conditions to parts of the Midwest on Sunday, November 25th moved into the Ohio River Valley - Southern Great Lakes on 11/26.
An area of low pressure moved Lake Erie on the evening of November 26. Northwest flow and cold air wrapping behind the system allowed for a multi-band lake effect snow event to develop over the entire Lake Erie snow belt.
An anomalously cold upper low dropped south from British Columbia toward the coast of northwest California during late November. Wide spread wind damage occurred across the region, as well as mountain snow, and small hail near the coast.
A weakly unstable air mass over eastern Washington during the afternoon of November 26th promoted isolated snow showers over the eastern Columbia Basin. One of these snow showers became locally intense as it crossed Interstate 90 from south to north just to the west of Spokane.
A strong jet dug into the southwestern U.S. on November 25 and ejected into the plains by early November 26, where a surface low pressure area began to organize in the southern High Plains.
A cold low pressure system dropped southeast out of the Gulf of Alaska on during the morning of November 26 and dropped southward to the Pacific Northwest coast by the afternoon of the 26th.
An anticipated winter storm brought heavy snow across the Upper Midwest. It started late Tuesday afternoon, and quickly exited the region by late Wednesday morning.
Six to ten inches of snow fell on this Tuesday, west of a line from Alma to Hastings to Columbus. Around 5 AM CST, a shield of snow began moving into south central Nebraska from the west. Snow expanded across nearly all of south central Nebraska through the morning.
Weak low pressure moved along a cold front that moved across NY/VT during November 26th. Rain and rain showers transitioned into a wet snow beginning at higher elevations around noon and eventually into the Champlain Valley by early evening.
Weak low pressure moved along a cold front that moved across NY/VT during November 26th. Rain and rain showers transitioned into a wet snow beginning at higher elevations around noon and eventually into the Champlain Valley by early evening.
Light precipitation, including a period of a wintry mix/rain-snow, impacted portions of central Oklahoma during the early morning hours of the 26th. With temperatures falling below freezing during the period, isolated slick spots developed on roadways across the area.
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Strong winds followed a cold front as it moved east across Oklahoma on this date in 1965. The 50 to 60 mph winds blew down a 40-foot radio tower near Altus, shattered many windows, and downed tree limbs in several towns. The winds also fanned hundreds of grass and timber fires. One firefighter was critically burned by a wind whipped grass fire in northwest Oklahoma City. The fires burned thousands of acres across northeast Oklahoma, including two homes and several barns.
From the National Weather Service in Norman, Oklahoma.
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The Tatum Fire started on November 26, 1988, in New Mexico, and burned 15,150 acres.
The Howe Fire was discovered on November 26, 1997, in New Mexico, and burned 1,920 acres.
The Piute Fire was discovered on November 26, 1999, in Washoe County, Nevada, and burned 1,648 acres; the cause was recorded as smoking.
Trees and power poles were knocked down in Redlands, Riverside, Tustin, Santa Ana, San Clemente, and Lakeside. Several cars and houses were damaged.
The Pine Fire was discovered on November 26, 2002, in Mendocino County, California, and burned 1,200 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Mooreland/Highway 50 Fire burned 764 acres and destroyed 2 structures. Evacuations were ordered for the town of Mooreland.
The Gage Fire was reported on November 26, 2019, in Ellis County, Oklahoma, and burned 8,275 acres.
The Brittain Ranch Fire was reported on November 26, 2019, in Hutchinson County, Texas, and burned 2,100 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
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An earthquake struck Bursa, Turkey. It killed some people (about 51 to 100).
The 1570 Ferrara earthquake struck the Italian city of Ferrara on November 16 and 17, 1570. After the initial shocks, a sequence of aftershocks continued for four years, with over 2,000 in the period from November 1570 to February 1571.
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A magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck Niigata Prefecture, Japan. It killed many people (about 101 to 1,000). It caused a tsunami.
A magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck Guangdong Province, China. It killed few people (about 1 to 50).
An earthquake struck Arica, Chile. It caused a tsunami.
An earthquake struck Bucharest, Romania. It did severe (about $5 to $25 million) damage.
An earthquake struck N. Moluccas Islands, Indonesia. It caused a tsunami.
An earthquake struck San Jose,san Francisco, California, United States. It did severe (about $5 to $25 million) damage.
An earthquake struck Tarabuco, Bolivia.
A magnitude 8 earthquake struck Solomon Islands.
A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck Tepelene, Dragoti, Peshtani, Maricaj, Albania. It killed 200 people and did severe (about $5 to $25 million) damage.
The 1930 North Izu earthquake occurred on November 26 at 04:02 local time. The epicenter was located in the northern Izu Peninsula, Japan.
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The 1943 Tosya–Ladik earthquake occurred at 01:20 local time on 27 November, near Tosya, Kastamonu Province, in northern Turkey. 7 and a maximum felt intensity of XI (Catastrophic) on the MSK-64 scale.
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A magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck Ladik, Samsun, Havza, Turkey. It killed 4,020 people, injured 5,000, destroyed 40,000 houses and did extreme (about $25 million or more) damage.
A magnitude 5 earthquake struck E, Venezuela, Colombia. It injured 36 and destroyed 30 houses.
A magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck Pantar, Mount Sirung, Timor, Indonesia. It killed 125 people, injured 108, destroyed 237 houses and did $5 million in damage. It caused a tsunami.
A magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck Pentecost, Vanuatu Islands. With the tsunami it caused, it killed 10 people, injured 100 and did severe (about $5 to $25 million) damage.
4 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of VII. The back arc thrust event occurred within the Vanuatu archipelago, just to the south of the volcanic island of Ambrym.
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A magnitude 5.3 earthquake struck Gorgan, Iran.
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck Ludian, Yunnan Province, China. It injured 4, destroyed 2,000 houses and did extreme (about $25 million or more) damage.
A magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck Nabire, Indonesia. It killed 32 people, injured 130, destroyed 328 houses and did $55 million in damage.
The 2004 Nabire earthquake occurred on November 26 in Nabire Regency, Central Papua, Indonesia. 1 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe).
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A magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck Jiujiang, Ruichang, Jiangxi, China. It killed 16 people, injured 8,000, destroyed 150,000 houses and did severe (about $5 to $25 million) damage.
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck Doganyol, Turkey.
A magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck Ruoqiang, Xinjiang Province, China.
A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck Durres, Thumane, Tirana, Albania. It killed 51 people, injured 2,000, destroyed 11,000 houses and did $1.1 billion in damage.
9 mi) west-southwest of Mamurras. The earthquake lasted at least 50 seconds and was felt in Albania's capital Tirana, and in places as far away as Bari, Taranto and Belgrade, 370 kilometres (230 mi) northeast of the epicentre.
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Nasudake, Japan erupted. It killed 1 person.
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A tsunami caused by a magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck Niigata Prefecture, Japan. It killed many people (about 101 to 1,000).
A tsunami with a source recorded as earthquake struck Northern Chile, with a maximum water height of 8 meters.
A tsunami with a source recorded as earthquake struck Moluccas Islands, Indonesia, with a maximum water height of 3 meters.
A tsunami caused by a magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck Vanuatu Islands, with a maximum water height of 6.6 meters. It killed 10 people, injured 100 and did severe (about $5 to $25 million) damage.
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A G3 (strong) geomagnetic storm began November 26, 1957, reached Kp 7- and lasted 36 hours, with a daily Ap as high as 64; at that Kp the aurora may be seen from about 52 degrees geomagnetic latitude.
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Large swells began to affect the coast on Thanksgiving Day causing the surf to increase through Saturday. Wave heights at the beaches of 14 to 18 feet accompany these large swells.
An east wind of 15 to 20 mph resulted in strong rip currents along the Atlantic beaches of the southeast Florida coast.
A strong cold front whipped across the Lower Texas marine waters late on November 26th and early on the 27th, followed by occasional Gale force wind gusts which continued into the morning hours.
A large northwest swell train arrived just before Thanksgiving bringing large breaking waves to the Central Coast. A 4 year old girl was swept into the ocean in the late afternoon by a wave near Point Reyes National Seashore in Marin County.
Heavy rain hit the island of Ischia, located in the Tyrrhenian Sea, causing damage to the comune of Casamicciola Terme. Twelve people were killed and five others were injured.
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