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The 1985 United States–Canada tornado outbreak, referred to as the Barrie tornado outbreak in Canada, was a major tornado outbreak that occurred in Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, and Ontario, on May 31, 1985. In all 44 tornadoes were counted including 14 [2] in Ontario, Canada. It is the largest and most intense tornado outbreak ever to hit ...
First supershear earthquake observed in an oceanic plate boundary 2015-04-24 South of Haida Gwaii: 51.62 -130.77 0 0 6.2 V 2012-11-08 West of Vancouver Island 49.23 -128.48 0 0 6.1 IV 2012-10-30 Haida Gwaii: 52.37 -131.90 0 0 6.2 Aftershock of 7.8 earthquake 2012-10-28 Haida Gwaii 52.67 -132.60 0 0 6.3 V Aftershock of 7.8 earthquake
The 2010 Central Canada earthquake occurred with a moment magnitude of 5.0 in Central Canada on 23 June at about 13:41:41 EDT and lasted about 30 seconds. [3] [4] The epicentre was situated approximately 56 kilometres (35 mi) north of Ottawa, Ontario, [5] in the municipality of Val-des-Bois, Quebec. [6] Canada's capital, Ottawa, declared this ...
On January 31, 1986, at 11:46 EST (03:46 UTC), an earthquake of M b 5.0 struck 40 kilometres (25 mi) east of Cleveland, Ohio, and about 17 kilometres (11 mi) south of the Perry Nuclear Power Plant. [ 1] The earthquake was felt over a broad area due to its location. Parts of the US such as the District of Columbia, and parts of Ontario, Canada.
March 12— Indonesia —A power failure affected 13 million people in South Sumatra and Lampung. [ 75] July 13— Azerbaijan — Baku and nearly the entirety of the country experienced a blackout due to unknown causes. [ 76] April 30—United States—Nearly all of JEA 's 355,000 customers in Jacksonville, Florida, lost power.
Part of the 1977–78 North American winter. The Great Blizzard of 1978 was a historic winter storm that struck the Ohio Valley and Great Lakes regions of the United States as well as Southern Ontario in Canada from Wednesday, January 25 through Friday, January 27, 1978. It is often cited as one of the most severe blizzards in US history. [1]
The 1988 Saguenay earthquake struck Quebec, Canada with a moment magnitude of 5.9 on November 25. It is one of the largest recorded earthquakes in eastern Canada and eastern North America during the 20th century. [2] [3] The earthquake was felt by millions, and damaged some buildings. It could be felt as far as Toronto, Halifax, and Boston.
A small earthquake could be felt early Saturday morning near Alliance. According to the United States Geological Survey, a magnitude 3.0 earthquake was detected at 4:42 a.m. on Saturday.