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April 8

38 entries from the federal record fall on April 8, across every year it covers.

Tornadoes

Tornadoes rated F3/EF3 or stronger, or that killed, on this date.

  1. 1998F5, 30.3 mile path, 32 killed Tuscaloosa, AL; Jefferson, AL
  2. 1957F4, 121.4 mile path, 4 killed Lancaster, SC; Chesterfield, SC; Marlboro, SC
  3. 1957F4, 0.8 mile path Robeson, NC
  4. 1999F4, 49 mile path Taylor, IA; Adams, IA; Cass, IA
  5. 1999F4, 56 mile path Union, IA; Madison, IA; Dallas, IA
  6. 1957F3, 38.8 mile path, 2 killed Morgan, AL; Marshall, AL
  7. 1957F3, 14.7 mile path, 1 killed Telfair, GA
  8. 1956F3, 7.3 mile path Garfield, OK
  9. 1956F3, 7.7 mile path Garfield, OK
  10. 1957F3, 51.4 mile path Marion, AL; Winston, AL; Lawrence, AL
  11. 1957F3, 16.3 mile path Cullman, AL; Morgan, AL; Marshall, AL
  12. 1957F3, 8 mile path Duplin, NC
  13. 1961F3, 1 mile path Archer, TX
  14. 1965F3, 6.9 mile path Boyd, KY; Wayne, WV
  15. 1965F3, 2 mile path Scioto, OH
  16. 1974F3, 2 mile path McMinn, TN
  17. 1974F3, 1 mile path Anderson, SC
  18. 1979F3, 62.4 mile path Ouachita, AR; Calhoun, AR; Bradley, AR
  19. 1979F3, 17.7 mile path Ashley, AR
  20. 1998F3, 19.5 mile path Pickens, AL; Tuscaloosa, AL
  21. 1999F3, 39 mile path Lucas, IA; Warren, IA; Marion, IA
  22. 1999F3, 16 mile path Davis, IA; Wapello, IA
  23. 1999F3, 7.5 mile path Hancock, IL
  24. 1993F2, 6 mile path, 3 killed Jefferson, LA
  25. 1980F2, 11.2 mile path, 2 killed McCreary, KY
  26. 1998F2, 14.4 mile path, 2 killed St. Clair, AL
  27. 1998F2, 19 mile path, 1 killed DeKalb, GA; Gwinnett, GA
  28. 1962F1, 11.5 mile path, 1 killed Norfolk city, VA
  29. 1974F1, 92.6 mile path, 1 killed Atkinson, GA; Coffee, GA; Ware, GA
  30. 1999F1, 9.3 mile path, 1 killed Morgan, IL; Cass, IL; Sangamon, IL
  31. 1999F1, 3.5 mile path, 1 killed Piatt, IL

Deadly and costly storms

  1. 2001Heat, 4 deaths St. Louis

Earthquakes

Magnitude 5 or more in the lower 48 and Hawaii, 6.5 or more in Alaska, on this date (local time).

  1. 1961M5.9, near Tres Pinos, California San Benito County, CA
  2. 1961M5.5, near Tres Pinos, California San Benito County, CA
  3. 1968M6.6, Borrego Mountain, California San Diego County, CA
  4. 1968M5.2, near Ocotillo, CA San Diego County, CA
  5. 1980M5.1, near Amboy, Washington Skamania County, WA
  6. 2010M5.3, near Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX Yuma County, AZ