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1948 Donora smog

Major Pennsylvania air pollution incident
Event environmental_disaster Q4566250
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Summary

1948 Donora smog is an environmental disaster[1]. It draws 1,162 Wikipedia views per month (environmental disaster category, ranking #2 of 8).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: United States[3]
  • Instance of: air pollution[4]
  • Location: Donora[5]
  • Point in time: 1948[6]
  • Coordinate location: 40.175, -79.861[7]
  • Has cause: air pollution[8]
  • Number of deaths: 20[9]
  • Number of injured: 7000[10]
  • Has effect: respiratory distress[11]

Why It Matters

1948 Donora smog has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

Related Entities

United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6w ago · Bouzinac · 2026-08-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Point in time → —
    Coordinate location → {'latitude': 40.175, 'longitude': -79.861}
    Has effect → respiratory distress
    Number of deaths → {'amount': '+20'}
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Instance of: air pollution"
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