On This Day — July 30

Here are some of the most significant historical events that happened on July 30.

• 2025: A magnitude 8.8 earthquake hits Russia, causing tsunamis over the Pacific Ocean.
• 2024: A series of landslides occurs in Kerala, India, causing over 420 fatalities.
• 2020: NASA's Mars 2020 mission was launched on an Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.
• 2014: Twenty killed and 150 are trapped after a landslide in Maharashtra, India.
• 2012: A train fire kills 32 passengers and injures 27 on the Tamil Nadu Express in Andhra Pradesh, India.

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