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Japan begins the discharge of treated radioactive waste water from the damaged Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant into the Pacific Ocean.
2023-08-24

The uncrewed Artemis 1 mission, the first of the NASA's Artemis program, ends with a splashdown of the Orion capsule in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Baja California at 17:40 UTC.
2022-12-11

Japanese yachtsman Kenichi Horie becomes the oldest person to sail solo across the Pacific Ocean at the age of 83.
2022-06-4

The U.S. cruiser USS "Chancellorsville" and the Russian destroyer "Admiral Vinogradov" almost collide in the western Pacific Ocean. Each side blames the other, and their reports disagree as to the location of the incident: Russia claims it happened in the East China Sea, while the U.S. says it was in the nearby Philippine Sea.
2019-06-7

Hurricane Willa strengthens to a category 4 hurricane off the Pacific Coast of Mexico.
2018-10-21

Hurricane Rosa strengthens to a category 4 hurricane in the Pacific Ocean and is expected to affect parts of the coastlines of southwestern Mexico, the Baja California Peninsula, and Southern California.
2018-09-28

Hurricane Lane weakens to a Category 3 storm and is expected to pass south of Hawaii throughout the next few days.
2018-08-19

Hurricane Hector becomes the fourth named hurricane of the eastern Pacific's hurricane season.
2018-08-2

A rare annular solar eclipse occurs, visible from East Asia, the North Pacific, and the Western United States.
2012-05-21

A 7.6 magnitude earthquake and small tsunami hits the Pacific Ocean nation of Vanuatu.
2010-08-10