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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.
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 ...
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.
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 ...
At least 131 people were killed and hundreds more injured after an earthquake hit northwest China, state media reported Tuesday, as rescue teams scrambled to reach survivors in sub-zero temperatures.
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
The death toll was the highest from an earthquake in China in nine years. Experts blamed the high toll on several factors, including the shallow depth of the quake and the lower quality ...