Every tornado, hurricane, flood, blizzard, heat wave, record, earthquake, eruption, tsunami, wildfire and geomagnetic storm on record for November 8, in any year, each linked to its full record.
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By deaths, damage and strength together, across every archive.
Wildfires
An extended period of dry weather through the summer and fall with above normal temperatures coupled with a gusty north to northeast wind event created a situation for extremely rapid fire growth.
Hurricanes and tropical storms
Hurricane Eta crossed the coast near La Sierpe, Sancti Spiritus Province, Cuba as a tropical storm, 55 kt, central pressure 991 mb. It killed 172 people in all, by the National Hurricane Center’s count. Hurricane Eta was a deadly and erratic tropical cyclone that devastated parts of Central America in early November 2020. The record-tying twenty-eighth named storm, thirteenth hurricane, and sixth major hurricane of the extremely active 2020 Atlantic hurricane season, Eta originated from a vigorous tropical wave in the eastern Caribbean Sea on October 31.
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Floods
The 2015 South India floods resulted from heavy rainfall generated by the annual northeast monsoon in November–December 2015. They affected the Coromandel Coast region of the South Indian states of Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh.
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Billion-dollar disasters
A tropical cyclone disaster that cost $1.8 billion in 2024 dollars and killed 12, on NOAA’s billion-dollar list. It lasted from November 8, 2020 to November 12, 2020.
Hurricanes and tropical storms
Hurricane Paloma reached its peak of 125 kt (145 mph) with a central pressure of 944 mb, a category 4 storm.
Wildfires
The 2018 Camp Fire in Northern California's Butte County was the deadliest and most destructive wildfire in California history. The blaze began on the morning of November 8, 2018 when hardware on a poorly maintained Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) transmission line in the Feather River Canyon failed during strong katabatic winds.
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Volcanoes
Aira, Japan erupted with a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 4. It killed 153 people.
Cold
The November 2014 North American cold wave was an extreme weather event that occurred across most of Canada and the contiguous United States, including parts of the Western United States up to western California. One of the first events of the winter, the cold wave was caused by the northward movement of an extremely powerful bomb cyclone associated with Typhoon Nuri's remnant, which shifted the jet stream far northward, creating an omega block pattern.
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Hurricanes and tropical storms
Hurricane Gay reached its peak of 140 kt (160 mph), a category 5 storm.
Tornadoes
An F3 tornado touched down in Cass, Johnson, Lafayette counties, Missouri and tracked 40.1 miles, killing 2 and injuring 14. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Strasburg/E Odessa/Page City/SE Lexington/Dover, MO.
Hurricanes and tropical storms
Hurricane Nicole made landfall near Vero Beach, Florida as a Category 1 Hurricane on Thursday, November 10, 2023 with estimated maximum sustained winds of 75 mph.
Earthquakes
A magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck Aegean Sea, Greece. With the tsunami it caused, it killed 11 people.
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An F3 tornado touched down in Cass, Johnson, Lafayette counties, Missouri and tracked 40.1 miles, killing 2 and injuring 14. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Strasburg/E Odessa/Page City/SE Lexington/Dover, MO.
An F2 tornado touched down in Crawford County, Arkansas and 300 yards wide at its widest, killing 1. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Fort Smith, AR.
An F3 tornado touched down in Wilson, Edgecombe, Bertie counties, North Carolina and tracked 46.9 miles, 150 yards wide at its widest, injuring 5.
An F3 tornado touched down in Refugio County, Texas and tracked 1 miles, 50 yards wide at its widest, injuring 1.
An F2 tornado touched down in Wilcox County, Georgia and tracked 0.8 miles, 100 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 8.
A short-lived tornado touched down one mile west of Bartow Municipal Airport and damaged a vehicle. The tornado skipped east across rural countryside before it severely damaged a few hangars, overturned ten small private planes and downed several storage sheds and power lines.
An F2 tornado touched down in Dodge County, Georgia and tracked 4 miles, 50 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 6.
A mixture of severe thunderstorm winds and tornado damage occurred in a track from near Chester in northern Dodge county into Laurens county.
A persistent, strongly-rotating thunderstorm which originated in Charles Co finally collapsed in southeastern Baltimore Co, dropping a tornado that skipped along a nearly 4 mile path through Dundalk.
The storm moved northeast into White county. Twelve homes were damaged and two large chicken houses were destroyed. Hundreds of trees were uprooted or snapped off. In Cleveland nine businesses in a shopping center were damaged, mainly roof damage or windows blown out.
A tornado moved northeast across Bedford County causing intermittent damage along a 15 mile path initially touching down ini Wolfsburg and causing damage for about 2 miles, then touching down again northwest of New Enterprise for another 2 mile strip, and then finally destroying…
A tornado touched down in northwestern Northampton County near Danielsville at about 340 pm EST. It remained on the ground for about two miles and lifted prior to moving over the Blue Mountain Ridge which is the dividing line between Northampton and Monroe Counties.
A tornado, which had a damage path about 10 miles long, moved across the southwest part of the county from near Kunkletown in Eldred Township to near Syndersville in Hamilton Township.
An intense thunderstorm cell developed over southern Chenango county just ahead of a line of thunderstorms out to the west. This storm downed trees and partially blew a roof off a house in Greene.
The Pine Station-Jersey Shore tornado moved east from Pine Station crossing Pine Creek into Lycoming County just southwest of Jersey Shore.
This storm was a continuation of damage that occurred in the Avis and Jersey Shore areas. The tornado caused intermittent damage along a 2.5 mile path in Woodward Township northwest of Linden.
An F0 tornado touched down along Route 144 about 3/4 miles southeast of Old Fort and traveled northeast along a 4 mile path. Part of one barn roof was removed and another was damaged.
The tornado may have lifted back up just inside the Laurens county line but a second mobile home in Dodge county was destroyed by undetermined wind damage. A narrow wind damage path connected the two mobile homes that were destroyed. The second home was tied down.
An F1 tornado touched down in Burnham about 1/2 mile east of new route 322 in the Weis Mall parking lot. The tornado demolished the roof of a carwash and partially damaged the roof of the YMCA. Trees were also damaged along the ridge about 1 mile east of the initial touchdown.
A few trees were blown down.
Three trailers had their roofs blown off. A shed was blown away. A mailbox was blown from its foundation. Several trees and power lines were knocked down. A woman was injured when a tree fell on her car.
The garage of a house was significantly damaged. A shed and a trampoline were blown off of the property. The tornado exited Catahoula Parish and went into Franklin Parish.
A tornado, the third in Baldwin county in a 45 minute time period, developed and followed a path very similar to a weaker tornado that occurred about 20 minutes earlier.
A low topped thunderstorm produced a brief F1 tornado about 1 mile Southeast of the community. The tornado first touched down in the Leisure Lakes subdivision causing minor roof damage to a few homes.
A potent upper level storm system moved out of the Texas Hill County and into the Southern Plains during the afternoon of November 11th.
Thunderstorms moved across Southeast Texas producing areas of damage and at least two tornadoes.
A potent upper level storm system moved out of the Texas Hill County and into the Southern Plains during the afternoon of November 11th.
A potent upper level storm system moved out of the Texas Hill County and into the Southern Plains during the afternoon of November 11th.
A cold front produced showers and thunderstorms, one of which caused a tornado touch down in Newton County.
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Hurricane Clara reached its peak of 125 kt (145 mph), a category 4 storm.
Hurricane Gay reached its peak of 140 kt (160 mph), a category 5 storm.
Hurricane Paloma reached its peak of 125 kt (145 mph) with a central pressure of 944 mb, a category 4 storm.
Hurricane Alcide reached its peak of 110 kt (125 mph) with a central pressure of 958 mb, a category 3 storm.
Hurricane Eta crossed the coast near La Sierpe, Sancti Spiritus Province, Cuba as a tropical storm, 55 kt, central pressure 991 mb. It killed 172 people in all, by the National Hurricane Center’s count. Hurricane Eta was a deadly and erratic tropical cyclone that devastated parts of Central America in early November 2020. The record-tying twenty-eighth named storm, thirteenth hurricane, and sixth major hurricane of the extremely active 2020 Atlantic hurricane season, Eta originated from a vigorous tropical wave in the eastern Caribbean Sea on October 31.
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A tropical wave, turned tropical depression, moving westward across the western Caribbean Sea abruptly formed into an intense Category 4 hurricane before making landfall over western Nicaragua on November 3rd, with a minimum central pressure of 923 mb just before landfall, and a…
Hurricane Nicole made landfall near Vero Beach, Florida as a Category 1 Hurricane on Thursday, November 10, 2023 with estimated maximum sustained winds of 75 mph.
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The All Saints' Flood of 1170 was a catastrophic flood in the Netherlands which took place during the night of 1 to 2 November in 1170. Large parts of the northern Netherlands were flooded.
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Flooding caused $2.5 million in damage to roads and bridges in the county and destroyed 2 dozen homes and heavily damaged many others. County declared a disaster area.
Flash flooding from heavy rains continued.
A slow moving system brought heavy rains to the area. Up to 4.5" of rain fell in 24 hours causing flooding along the Black River. Portions of three roads were washed out in W.Turin, Watson, and New Breman.
Tehachapi in Kern County reported 4.67" of rain and Lodgepole in Tulare County received 11.55" of rain in the 3-day period from the 7th to the 9th along with the 16.38" at Johnsondale.
A slow moving low pressure system that moved from the Gulf of Mexico caused heavy rain to fall during about a twelve hour period on the 8th in Eastern Pennsylvania. Storm totals averaged between 2 and 3 inches. The heavy rain caused urban and poor drainage flooding.
A slow moving low pressure system that moved from the Gulf of Mexico caused heavy rain to fall during about an eight to twelve hour period on the 8th in New Jersey. Storm totals averaged between 2 and 3 inches. The heavy rain caused urban and poor drainage flooding.
Low pressure tracked across Cape Cod bringing cold, windswept rain to Southern New England. In addition, the low pressure aided in building high seas which resulted in minor coastal flooding along the east coast of Massachusetts on the 10th.
A 960 mb low over the southern Aleutians at 0300AKST on the 8th intensified to 945 mb near the Gulf of Anadyr by 2100AKST on the 8th.
Strong to severe thunderstorms moved across southeastern and east central Oklahoma during the morning hours of the 8th ahead of a cold front that was moving into the region. A bow echo type storm produced some wind damage across several counties.
The 2015 South India floods resulted from heavy rainfall generated by the annual northeast monsoon in November–December 2015. They affected the Coromandel Coast region of the South Indian states of Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh.
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Unseasonably deep moisture moved into the area and combined with a weak area of low pressure to produce excessive rainfall across portions of the area. At Apalachicola, 3.77 inches of rain was measured in just one hour.
A classic heavy rainfall scenario set up along the NE Florida Atlantic Coast where a stationary surface front meandered in the lower levels with strong onshore flow on the northern side of the boundary.
Pacific trough draws two atmospheric rivers, November 8-9, 2022.
Widespread showers and thunderstorms developed across eastern Oklahoma on the 8th, ahead of a strong, slow-moving storm system that translated into the Southern Plains from the Southern Rockies.
A vorticity maxima, embedded within a broader closed upper low along the Great Divide, rotated out across the Southern High Plains on the 8th.
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On this date in 1994, a late season severe thunderstorm occurred near the Red River over southwest Oklahoma. Wind gusts of 50 mph and one-inch diameter hail were reported near Eldorado and Humphreys, in Jackson County. Additional severe hail and 60 mph winds were reported near Roosevelt, in Kiowa County.
From the National Weather Service in Norman, Oklahoma.
The same thunderstorm complex that produced the tornado in the southwestern part of Monroe County, produced wind damage in the eastern part of the county in Stroud and Price Townships. Numerous trees were reported down.
On Friday November 8, a strong southerly flow developed ahead of a frontal boundary. Damaging winds occurred across parts of eastern New York. High winds downed trees and power lines in Warren, Montgomery, Saratoga, Schenectady, Greene, Columbia, Ulster and Dutchess Counties.
Dooly county 911 reported a barn was blown off its foundation and onto its side. Three cows were killed.
A line of severe thunderstorms that produced scattered wind damage in Tioga county intensified as it crossed into Broome county and caused more widespread damage. The storms inflicted structural damage to a local department store in Vestal.
A severe thunderstorm knocked down several trees and large limbs, and caused minor structural damage to at least one home, in Midland.
Several large tree limbs were blown on top of some power lines.
Several houses were damaged. A wooden monument built to honor World War I veterans was blown down. Several trees and power lines were knocked down.
Several trees were blown down by thunderstorm wind gusts. A dozen homes suffered some property damage, mainly from fallen trees and downed large tree limbs.
Several mobile homes were destroyed. A couple of carports were also destroyed. Some trees and power lines were blown down.
Trees were blown down and blocked roads around Alexandria. A mobile home was damaged due to the severe thunderstorm winds.
Strong winds blew down or damaged hundreds of pine trees in the Donner Lake area near Truckee. Ten telephone poles were destroyed by the falling trees along with power lines. Several homes also suffered minor roof damage.
Strong winds blew a large cottonwood tree onto a home in Gardnerville, causing roof and porch damage.
Strong winds around the north shore of Lake Tahoe caused numerous power outages due to falling pine trees and limbs downing power lines. Some customers were without power for three days. Downed power lines also caused several small brush fires.
Strong winds blew a large fir tree into a home in the community of Granlibakken on the northwest shore of Lake Tahoe. The home's roof and a bedroom were damaged.
Strong winds blew a pine tree down on a storage building at the U.C. Berkeley Sagehen Creek Field Station about 10 miles north of Truckee, CA. The outbuilding was destroyed.
Strong winds blew a 3 foot diameter pine tree onto a garage in the Tahoe Donner area just north of Truckee, CA. The garage was destroyed.
Strong northwest winds behind a cold front moved southeast across southeast South Dakota. The winds reached sustained speeds of 40 mph with gusts to around 60 mph, with a duration of these high speeds of 3 to 4 hours.
An area of surface low pressure took shape over southeast Montana on tuesday morning (11-8-05). The low tracked east into north central South Dakota, shifted northeast toward Grand Forks, ND, before finally exiting into southwest Ontario.
Seven eighths inch diameter hail was reported 1 mile southeast of Graafschap.
Strong winds aloft and large pressure gradient generated an extended period of high winds throughout portions of southeast Wyoming. West winds gusts to 80 mph were measured in the wind prone locations.
Surface high pressure centered over Idaho and Nevada brought strong offshore winds to Southern California from November 8th through 13th. The highest wind gust from the event was 85 mph at Sill Hill on November 12th.
Strong southerly winds affected portions of south central Nebraska during the late morning and early afternoon hours on Sunday, November 8th.
Several rare November supercells developed across South Carolina as a deep mid and upper level trough pushed across the southeast US.
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A widespread snowstorm brought smiles to skiers across the state, and headaches to everyone else. Heavy snow fell in the mountains, with locally heavy amounts in the valleys.
A cold and moist Pacific trough produced the first major winter storm of the season for western Colorado. 8 to 24 inches of snow fell in most mountain areas. 6 to 10 inches accumulated in most lower elevation areas of west-central and southwest Colorado.
A weather system produced widespread snow and gusty winds across the region beginning the afternoon of the 8th, and lasting through the evening of the 9th. The heaviest snowfall occurred across the mountains.
Snowstorm of November 8, 2000 was ranked category 2, Significant, on NOAA’s Regional Snowfall Index, strongest in the Northern Rockies and Plains. It lasted from November 8, 2000 to November 15, 2000.
The first major winter storm of the season hit the Blue Mountains of Eastern Oregon and Washington. Tollgate, at an elevation of 5100 feet, received the most snow in the region with 20 inches. A location just west of Tollgate at a lower elevation of 4000 ft, received 16 inches.
An early November snowstorm brought heavy snow to higher elevations of southeastern Idaho. 6 to 9 inches of snow were reported above 6500 feet across the Sawtooth Mountains, Upper Snake Highlands, Caribou Highlands and South Central Highlands.
A low pressure system from the Gulf of Alaska descended over the Rocky Mountain region, then moved northeast, emerging over the northern high plains.
A strong winter storm moved into Utah beginning November 8, bringing gusty winds, heavy snow, and even a funnel cloud to the state.
A strong Pacific storm system interacted with a cold arctic airmass to bring widespread heavy snow to the forecast area between November 8 and 10, 2012. Impacts from this storm included traffic accidents, road/school closures and aviation delays.
A large and persistent area of high pressure which developed over the North Pacific forced the jet stream northward, which directed a series of very strong low pressure systems into the Bering Sea from the 6th through the 14th of November.
A 959 mb low pressure center moved into the northern Bering Sea early on the 8th of November. The associated weather front moved across the west coast during |the afternoon and evening hours of the 8th.
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An abnormally dry start to the autumn season in September and October continued through the majority of November.
Dry conditions continued into November, which created continued stress on crops. The drought continued to get worse across the state through the month before some relief came in the form of showers and thunderstorms near the end of November.
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The November 2014 North American cold wave was an extreme weather event that occurred across most of Canada and the contiguous United States, including parts of the Western United States up to western California. One of the first events of the winter, the cold wave was caused by the northward movement of an extremely powerful bomb cyclone associated with Typhoon Nuri's remnant, which shifted the jet stream far northward, creating an omega block pattern.
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The Sandy Huff Branch Fire started on November 8, 1987, in West Virginia, and burned 4,016 acres.
The Morton Blf Fire started on November 8, 1987, in Tennessee, and burned 1,854 acres.
The Beech Branch Fire started on November 8, 1987, in West Virginia, and burned 1,729 acres.
The Coal Fork Fire started on November 8, 1987, in West Virginia, and burned 1,185 acres.
The Spruce Mtn. Road Fire started on November 8, 1987, in West Virginia, and burned 1,136 acres.
The Browns Creek Fire started on November 8, 1987, in West Virginia, and burned 1,130 acres.
The War Fire started on November 8, 1987, in West Virginia, and burned 1,122 acres.
The Kemnitz Fire started on November 8, 1988, in New Mexico, and burned 5,930 acres.
The Reed Fire started on November 8, 1988, in New Mexico, and burned 1,308 acres.
The Rich Creek Left Fork Fire was discovered on November 8, 1994, in Logan County, West Virginia, and burned 2,233 acres; the cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
The Beech Creek Fire was discovered on November 8, 1994, in Mingo County, West Virginia, and burned 1,442 acres; the cause was recorded as other causes.
Blowing sand and dust was reported throughout the valleys located to the north and east of the San Bernardino Mountains. At 10:20, an NWS spotter in Hesperia reported fences blown down and measured south winds gusting to 36 mph.
The Unnamed Fire was discovered on November 8, 1999, in Kentucky, and burned 10,000 acres; the cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
The Fulton Creek Fire was discovered on November 8, 1999, in Raleigh County, West Virginia, and burned 3,358 acres; the cause was recorded as fireworks.
The Runner Fire was discovered on November 8, 1999, in New Mexico, and burned 1,000 acres.
The Unnamed Fire was discovered on November 8, 2001, in Kentucky, and burned 2,200 acres; the cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
The Unnamed Fire was discovered on November 8, 2001, in Kentucky, and burned 1,575 acres; the cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
The Unnamed Fire was discovered on November 8, 2001, in Kentucky, and burned 1,000 acres; the cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
The Bucks Fork Fire was discovered on November 8, 2001, in Logan County, West Virginia, and burned 880 acres; the cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
The Cabiness Fire was discovered on November 8, 2005, in Oklahoma, and burned 17,299 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Thosmayes Fire was discovered on November 8, 2005, in Oklahoma, and burned 1,740 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Jack Fire was discovered on November 8, 2007, in California, and burned 1,082 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Unnamed Fire was discovered on November 8, 2009, in Hillsborough County, Florida, and burned 800 acres; the cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
A large brush fire consumed 409 acres on the western edge of the Shawnee National Forest, in the southwest corner of Jackson County near the Big Muddy River. Conditions were ripe for such a fire due to the summer and fall drought.
The Seth Ranch Fire was discovered on November 8, 2010, in Palo Pinto County, Texas, and burned 1,700 acres; the cause was recorded as equipment and vehicle use.
The West Range Fire was reported on November 8, 2014, in Johnson County, Wyoming, and burned 1,170 acres.
An extended period of dry weather through the summer and fall with above normal temperatures coupled with a gusty north to northeast wind event created a situation for extremely rapid fire growth.
The 2018 Camp Fire in Northern California's Butte County was the deadliest and most destructive wildfire in California history. The blaze began on the morning of November 8, 2018 when hardware on a poorly maintained Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) transmission line in the Feather River Canyon failed during strong katabatic winds.
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The Woolsey Fire burned 96,949 acres in Ventura and Los Angeles counties, destroying over 1500 structures. The fire ignited during a strong Santa Ana wind event and the combination of gusty winds and very dry conditions allowed the fire to spread very quickly.
The 2018 Woolsey Fire was a large, deadly, and destructive wildfire in Los Angeles and Ventura counties, California. The fire ignited on November 8 and was not fully contained until November 21.
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The Camp Fire was reported on November 8, 2018, in Butte County, California, and burned 153,336 acres.
The Woolsey Fire was reported on November 8, 2018, in Ventura County, California, and burned 96,949 acres.
The Hill Fire was reported on November 8, 2018, in Ventura County, California, and burned 4,531 acres.
The Kauaula Fire was reported on November 8, 2022, in Maui County, Hawaii, and burned 1,663 acres.
The Kimble Complex was reported on November 8, 2022, in Lawrence County, Ohio, and burned 1,338 acres.
The 127 Fire was reported on November 8, 2022, in Lawrence County, Ohio, and burned 1,338 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Milo Fire was reported on November 8, 2023, in Lawrence County, Kentucky, and burned 1,032 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
Abnormally dry conditions over a span of many weeks led to the most active fall fire season across central Pennsylvania, with 585 fire incidents between September and November, burning just under 2000 acres in this timeframe.
A wildfire, called the Whitehouse fire, started on November 8, 2024 in the Peekmoose Valley region in the Town of Denning before spreading rapidly up a steep ridge within the Sundown Wild Forest. The fire remained in forested area only destroying several outbuildings.
The combination of very dry conditions and gusty winds resulted in the spread of a brush fire in the town of Pittsfield, MA on November 8, 2024. The fire spread rapidly to two nearby homes, both of which sustained significant damage before becoming quickly contained.
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An earthquake struck Crete, Greece. It caused a tsunami.
A magnitude 8.5 earthquake struck Bima, Sumbawa Island, Indonesia. It caused a tsunami.
An earthquake struck Croatia, Balkans NW.
6 and struck near Fort Collins, Colorado at 1:30 UTC on November 8, which was 18:30 on the November 7. The earthquake occurred as the result of deformation within the Front Range and caused shaking as strong as Modified Mercalli intensity (MMI) VII.
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A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck Hasankale,hins,erzurum, Turkey. It did severe (about $5 to $25 million) damage.
A magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck Aegean Sea, Greece. With the tsunami it caused, it killed 11 people.
A magnitude 5 earthquake struck Sichuan Province, China. It killed 13 people and destroyed 3 houses.
An earthquake struck Sorsogon, Philippines.
A magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck Kuril Islands, Russia. It caused a tsunami.
A magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck Solomon Sea, Solomon Islands. It caused a tsunami.
The 1980 Eureka earthquake occurred on November 8 at 02:27:34 local time along the northern coastal area of California in the United States. 3 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of VII, this strike-slip earthquake was the largest to occur in California in 28 years.
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A magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck North Coast, California, United States. It injured 6 and did $2 million in damage.
A magnitude 5 earthquake struck Belgium. It killed 2 people, injured 30 and did $50 million in damage.
The 1983 Liège earthquake occurred on 8 November 1983 at 01:49 Central European Time, with an epicenter near Remicourt in Liège Province, Belgium. 7, with a depth of around 14 km.
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A magnitude 5 earthquake struck Jodhpur, Jaisalmer, India.
The 1997 Manyi earthquake occurred on November 8 at 10:02 UTC. The epicenter was in Nagqu Prefecture in northern Tibet, China.
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A magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck Tibet (Xizang Province), China.
A magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck Jurado, Panama-Colombia. It injured 2.
A magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck Niigata Prefecture, Honshu, Japan. It injured 8.
A magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck Bima, Sumabawa, Indonesia. It killed 2 people, injured 200 and did $2.4 million in damage.
A magnitude 5 earthquake struck Sparks, Prague, Oklahoma, United States.
The 2019 East Azerbaijan earthquake occurred at 03:17 local-time on 8 November 2019. 9 and had a shallow depth of 20 km.
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A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck Sudurpashchim Province, Nepal. It killed 6 people, injured 8 and destroyed 924 houses.
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Aira, Japan erupted with a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 4. It killed 153 people.
Semeru, Indonesia erupted with a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 3.
Etna, Italy erupted with a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 1. It killed 5 people.
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A tsunami with a source recorded as questionable earthquake struck Island of Crete, Greece.
A tsunami caused by a magnitude 8.5 earthquake struck Bali Sea, Indonesia, with a maximum water height of 3.5 meters.
A tsunami with a source recorded as earthquake and landslide struck North Aegean Sea, Greece, with a maximum water height of 3 meters. It killed 11 people.
A tsunami caused by a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck S. Kuril Islands, Russia, with a maximum water height of 0.5 meters.
A tsunami caused by a magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck Solomon Sea, Solomon Islands, with a maximum water height of 1.2 meters.
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A G5 (extreme) geomagnetic storm began November 8, 1991, reached Kp 9- and lasted 33 hours, with a daily Ap as high as 119; at that Kp the aurora may be seen from about 42 degrees geomagnetic latitude.
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A tropical cyclone disaster that cost $1.8 billion in 2024 dollars and killed 12, on NOAA’s billion-dollar list. It lasted from November 8, 2020 to November 12, 2020.
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Storm low far northwest of Hawaii generated surf of 10 to 20 feet along north and west shores of all the islands. All north shore beaches were closed on 11 Nov, and all but Waimea were closed on 12 Nov, due to the high surf.
A deep storm low far northwest of the state produced surf of 15 to 25 feet , with some sets as high as 30 feet, along the north- and northwest-facing shores of all the islands. A woman was swept out to sea by the pounding surf on the north shore of Oahu around 1 P.M.
Clearing skies and calm winds caused formation of widespread dense fog. Visibility was less than one quarter mile.
Widespread dense fog reduced visibility to one-quarter mile or less across most of western Kentucky except the Owensboro and Henderson areas.
Female swept by rip current and her partner tried to rescue her and both drowned at La Concha Beach in Condado. The couple were from Georgia.
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