Incidents on 14 April 2023
Friday, 14 April 2023 — before continuous monitoring began on 9 August 2026. For this day we hold earthquakes from the USGS catalogue (magnitude 2.5 and above) and a few historical records, not a full record of every incident.
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The foreshock of a major earthquake occurs in Kumamoto, Japan.
Series of bombings at Ramna Park in Dhaka during the Bengali New Year celebrations leave 10 people dead and dozens other injured.
A severe hailstorm strikes Sydney, Australia causing A$2.3 billion in insured damages, the most costly natural disaster in Australian history.
In a friendly fire incident during Operation Provide Comfort in northern Iraq, two U.S. Air Force aircraft mistakenly shoot-down two U.S. Army helicopters, killing 26 people.
The USS Samuel B. Roberts strikes a mine in the Persian Gulf during Operation Earnest Will.
The Progressive Alliance of Liberia stages a protest, without a permit, against an increase in rice prices proposed by the government, with clashes between protestors and the police resulting in over 70 deaths and over 500 injuries.
The Black Sunday dust storm, considered one of the worst storms of the Dust Bowl, sweeps across the Oklahoma and Texas panhandles and neighboring areas.
The British passenger liner RMS Titanic hits an iceberg in the North Atlantic and begins to sink.
The 1895 Ljubljana earthquake, both the most and last destructive earthquake in the area, occurs.
The Four Dead in Five Seconds Gunfight occurs in El Paso, Texas.
The 1858 Christiania fire severely destroys several city blocks near Stortorvet in Christiania, Norway, and about 1,000 people lose their homes.
Historical entries from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), filtered to disasters and incidents.