Incidents on 13 January 2024
Saturday, 13 January 2024 — 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 passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia sinks off the coast of Italy due to the captain Francesco Schettino's negligence and irresponsibility. There are 32 confirmed deaths.
An earthquake hits El Salvador, killing more than 800.
Alfredo Ormando sets himself on fire in St. Peter's Square, protesting against homophobia.
A passenger train plunges into a ravine in Ethiopia, killing 428 in the worst railroad disaster in Africa.
The 6.7 Mw Avezzano earthquake shakes the Province of L'Aquila in Italy with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), killing between 29,978 and 32,610.
The Rhoads Opera House fire in Boyertown, Pennsylvania kills 171 people.
French Revolutionary Wars: A naval battle between a French ship of the line and two British frigates off the coast of Brittany ends with the French vessel running aground, resulting in over 900 deaths.
Historical entries from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), filtered to disasters and incidents.