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This is a list of earthquakes in 1978. Only earthquakes of magnitude 6 or above are included, unless they result in damage and/or casualties, or are notable for some other reason. Events in remote areas will not be listed but included in statistics and maps.
Earthquakes with a magnitude 4.5 and over (1900–2015). The yellow star is the 2008 Sichuan earthquake. This is a list of earthquakes in China, part of the series of lists of disasters in China. Earthquakes in the loess plateau where residents lived in yaodong caves tended to have big casualties, including the 1303 Hongdong and 1920 Haiyuan ...
Tianjin soup kitchen fire: 2,000, ? [10] The gate of the soup kitchen was always locked to prevent hunger from causing social unrest, which prevented evacuation in case of fire. 18 February 1977, Khorgas, Xinjiang: 61st Regiment Farm fire: 694, 161 [11] Most deaths were the troops' children.
An earthquake that killed more than 120 people in China this week was the country's deadliest in nearly a decade. Earthquakes happen most frequently in western China on the Tibetan Plateau or its ...
In 2008, an 8.0 magnitude earthquake hit Sichuan, claiming the lives of at least 70,000 people, the deadliest quake to hit China since the 1976 Tangshan quake that killed at least 242,000.
Haicheng earthquake: 341, 980 [7] The earthquake evacuees lived in self-made tents, which caught fire. [8] 15 February 1959, Yanyuan, Sichuan: Longtang Reservoir fire (under-construction) 197, 86 [9] Fire started when all the staff were attending a meeting. 5 January 1960, Tongren, Guizhou: Tongren Airport fire (under-construction) [10] 175, 5
A 5.4-magnitude earthquake struck eastern China before dawn on Sunday, 6 August, knocking down houses and injuring at least 10 people according to state media. The quake, the magnitude of which ...
Events in the year 1978 in the People's Republic of China. Incumbents. Paramount leader - Hua Guofeng → Deng Xiaoping;