Home›Phenomena›Where›United StatesBrowse ByUnited StatesWhere names the place a natural phenomenon actually occurred. Wikipedia records "the 1976 Tangshan earthquake in China, with over 300,000 fatalities" as one of the deadliest events of its kind. This dimension lets a visitor see which parts of the world have produced the most significant recorded phenomena.United StatesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)United StatesFilter Results17 entriesPhenomenon FamilyAllExtreme Weather and Drought (1)Fog, Mist and Haze (2)Great Historical Earthquakes (3)Major Volcanic Eruptions (3)Storms and Severe Weather (1)Unexplained and Folkloric Lights (4)Volcanic and Geothermal Phenomena (1)DisciplineAllClimatology (1)Geophysics (4)Meteorology (4)Seismology (4)Volcanology (4)When (Year)All1811-12-16 (1)1906-04-18 (1)1964-03-27 (1)1980-05-18 (1)1989-10-17 (1)2005-08-29 (1)2018-05-03 (1)CauseAllAtmospheric Circulation (1)Erosion (1)Faulting (2)Plate Tectonics (1)Volcanism (4)Type/ClassificationAllExtreme Weather and Drought (1)Fog, Mist and Haze (2)Great Historical Earthquakes (3)Major Volcanic Eruptions (3)Storms and Severe Weather (1)Unexplained and Folkloric Lights (4)Volcanic and Geothermal Phenomena (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 171811-1812 New Madrid EarthquakesUnited States1906 San Francisco EarthquakeUnited States1912 Eruption of NovaruptaUnited States1964 Alaska EarthquakeUnited States1980 Eruption of Mount St. HelensUnited States1989 Loma Prieta EarthquakeUnited States2018 Lower Puna EruptionUnited StatesBrown Mountain lightsUnited StatesDust BowlUnited StatesHurricane KatrinaUnited StatesJune GloomUnited StatesMarfa lightsUnited StatesPaulding LightUnited StatesSan Francisco fogUnited StatesSpooklightUnited StatesTule fogUnited StatesYellowstone CalderaUnited StatesComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.