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October 15

13 entries from the federal record fall on October 15, across every year it covers.

Tropical cyclones

Storms at their strongest near the U.S. on this date.

  1. 1947Unnamed storm, category 2 near Chatham County, GA
  2. 1954Hazel, category 4 near Horry County, SC

Tornadoes

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

  1. 1957F3, 37.9 mile path, 1 killed St. Landry, LA; Pointe Coupee, LA
  2. 1957F3, 17.5 mile path Warren, MS
  3. 1980F3, 13.3 mile path Cowley, KS

Earthquakes

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

  1. 1947M7.1, Central Alaska Denali Borough, AK
  2. 1979M6.4, The 1979 Imperial Valley Earthquake, California-Baja California Yuma County, AZ
  3. 1979M5.2, near Holtville, CA Imperial County, CA
  4. 1979M5.1, near Brawley, CA Imperial County, CA
  5. 1979M5.0, near Brawley, CA Imperial County, CA
  6. 1979M5.8, near Brawley, CA Imperial County, CA
  7. 2006M6.7, near Puako, Hawaii Hawaii County, HI
  8. 2006M6.0, near Hawi, Hawaii Hawaii County, HI