Incidents on 28 January 2025
Tuesday, 28 January 2025 — 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 Rubaya mine collapse at Rubaya mines in DR Congo causes at least 400 deaths and injured several others.
Storm Kristin causes a catastrophic impact in Portugal and Spain with €6 billion in damage in the central region of Portugal, 15 deaths and 2,000 injuries.
Protests begin in the United States after police beat and kill Tyre Nichols.
Supergroup USA for Africa (United Support of Artists for Africa) records the hit single We Are the World, to help raise funds for Ethiopian famine relief.
Tropical Storm Domoina makes landfall in southern Mozambique, eventually causing 214 deaths and some of the most severe flooding so far recorded in the region.
Knickerbocker Storm: Washington, D.C.'s biggest snowfall, causes a disaster when the roof of the Knickerbocker Theatre collapses, killing over 100 people.
Original city of Panama (founded in 1519) is destroyed by a fire when privateer Henry Morgan sacks and sets fire to it. The site of the previously devastated city is still in ruins (see Panama Viejo).
King Charles VI of France is nearly killed when several other dancers' costumes catch fire during a masquerade ball in Paris.
Historical entries from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), filtered to disasters and incidents.