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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. Countries are entered on the lists in order of their status in this particular year.
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 1976, a huge earthquake destroyed the city of Tangshan, less than 200km (124 miles) south of Beijing. More than 240,000 people were killed, making it the second deadliest earthquake in the 20th ...
After Vietnam joined the Soviet-dominated Council for Mutual Economic Cooperation and signed the Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation with the Soviet Union in 1978, China branded Vietnam the "Cuba of the East" and called the treaty a military alliance. [48] Incidents along the Sino-Vietnamese border increased in frequency and violence.
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 fire broke out during construction at the Tongren Fenghuang Airport. It is the deadliest airport fire in China. 8 January 1965, Yuli, Xinjiang
A 6.8 magnitude earthquake rattled southwestern China on Monday, killing at least 66 people, with hundreds more stranded or missing. Everything we know about the deadly earthquake in China's ...