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2,000 1893 1893 Cheniere Caminada hurricane: Tropical cyclone: Louisiana: Fatalities estimated 1,700 1980 1980 United States heat wave: Heat wave: Central and southern states $20,000,000,000 (1980 USD) Official death toll, may have been higher 1,500–2,500 1871 Peshtigo Fire: Wildfire: Peshtigo, Wisconsin, Upper Peninsula of Michigan
Since the three damaging earthquakes that occurred in the American Midwest and the United States East Coast ( 1755 Cape Ann, 1811–12 New Madrid, 1886 Charleston) were well known, it became apparent to settlers that the earthquake hazard was different in California. While the 1812 San Juan Capistrano, 1857 Fort Tejon, and 1872 Owens Valley ...
The 2010 Baja California earthquake (also known as 2010 Easter earthquake, 2010 Sierra El Mayor earthquake, or 2010 El Mayor – Cucapah earthquake) occurred on April 4 ( Easter Sunday) with a moment magnitude of 7.2 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of VII ( Very strong ). The shock originated at 15:40:41 local time (3:40:41 PM PDT) south of ...
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, which analyzed Easter dates from 1600 to 2099, the most common dates for Easter are March 31 and April 16. Over the 500 years, Easter will have occurred or is ...
Year Death toll Event Countries affected Type Date ... 2,000–8,000 1930 San Zenón hurricane ... December 1960 nor'easter: United States 1960: 9. 250:
California land area totals 99,813,760 or roughly 100 million acres, so since 2000, the area that burned annually has ranged between 90,000 acres, or 0.09%, and 1,590,000 acres, or 1.59% of the total land of California. [2] During the 2020 wildfire season alone, over 8,100 fires contributed to the burning of nearly 4.5 million acres of land.
It is the deadliest earthquake in 2000. A magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck Sumatra, on June 4 at a depth of 33.0 km (20.5 mi). A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck Turkey, on June 6 at a depth of 10.0 km (6.2 mi). Killing two people and injuring eighty others.
Throughout recent recorded history, California has experienced periodic droughts, such as 1841, [21] 1864, 1895, 1924, 1928–1935, 1947–1950, 1959–1961, 1976–1977, 1986–1992, 2007–2009, [22] [21] and 2011–2017, and 2020–2022. [5] Since 1841, the following dry years have had significantly below-average precipitation.