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Every day, the disasters of the atlas that happened on the same date, centuries or just a few years ago. Lest we forget.
The disaster calendar
January
February
- Turkey–Syria earthquakesEarthquake · Turkey and Syria6 February 2023
- Val-d’Isère avalancheAvalanche & landslide · France10 February 1970
- Chelyabinsk meteorFrom space · Russia15 February 2013
- Christchurch earthquakeEarthquake · New Zealand22 February 2011
- Storm XynthiaFlood · France27 February 2010
- Agadir earthquakeEarthquake · Morocco29 February 1960
March
- Courrières mine disasterIndustrial · France10 March 1906
- Fukushima nuclear accidentNuclear · Japan11 March 2011
- Tōhoku earthquake and tsunamiTsunami · Japan11 March 2011
- Cyclone IdaiHurricane & cyclone · Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Malawi14 March 2019
- Exxon Valdez oil spillIndustrial · United States24 March 1989
- Tenerife airport disasterTransport · Spain27 March 1977
- Three Mile Island accidentNuclear · United States28 March 1979
April
- Eruption of Mount TamboraVolcano · Indonesia (Dutch East Indies)10 April 1815
- Sinking of the TitanicTransport · North Atlantic15 April 1912
- Plateau d’Assy disasterAvalanche & landslide · France16 April 1970
- San Francisco earthquakeEarthquake · United States18 April 1906
- Deepwater Horizon oil spillIndustrial · United States20 April 2010
- Nepal earthquakeEarthquake · Nepal25 April 2015
- Chernobyl disasterNuclear · Ukraine (USSR)26 April 1986
May
- Cyclone NargisHurricane & cyclone · Burma (Myanmar)2 May 2008
- Bazar de la Charité fireFire & heatwave · France4 May 1897
- Eruption of Mount PeléeVolcano · France8 May 1902
- Sichuan earthquakeEarthquake · China12 May 2008
- Eruption of Mount St. HelensVolcano · United States18 May 1980
- Valdivia earthquakeEarthquake · Chile22 May 1960
- Áncash earthquakeEarthquake · Peru31 May 1970
June
July
August
- Beirut port explosionIndustrial · Lebanon4 August 2020
- Freetown mudslideAvalanche & landslide · Sierra Leone14 August 2017
- Lake Nyos disasterVolcano · Cameroon21 August 1986
- Eruption of KrakatoaVolcano · Indonesia (Dutch East Indies)27 August 1883
- Hurricane KatrinaHurricane & cyclone · United States29 August 2005
September
- Carrington solar stormFrom space · Worldwide1 September 1859
- Great Kantō earthquakeEarthquake · Japan1 September 1923
- Great Fire of LondonFire & heatwave · England2 September 1666
- Galveston hurricaneHurricane & cyclone · United States8 September 1900
- Derna floodsFlood · Libya10 September 2023
- Mexico City earthquakeEarthquake · Mexico19 September 1985
- Kolka Glacier collapseAvalanche & landslide · Russia20 September 2002
- Hurricane MariaHurricane & cyclone · United States (Puerto Rico)20 September 2017
- AZF factory explosionIndustrial · France21 September 2001
- Sinking of the JoolaTransport · Senegal26 September 2002
October
November
December
- Malpasset Dam failureFlood · France2 December 1959
- Bhopal disasterIndustrial · India3 December 1984
- Great Smog of LondonIndustrial · United Kingdom5 December 1952
- Halifax ExplosionIndustrial · Canada6 December 1917
- “White Friday” avalanchesAvalanche & landslide · Italy (Austro-Italian front)13 December 1916
- Vargas tragedyFlood · Venezuela14 December 1999
- Haiyuan earthquakeEarthquake · China16 December 1920
- Storms Lothar and MartinHurricane & cyclone · France26 December 1999
- Bam earthquakeEarthquake · Iran26 December 2003
- Indian Ocean tsunamiTsunami · Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, Thailand…26 December 2004
- Messina earthquakeEarthquake · Italy28 December 1908