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The 1920 Haiyuan earthquake (Chinese: 海原大地震; pinyin: Hǎiyuán dà dìzhèn) occurred on December 16 in Haiyuan County, Ningxia Province, Republic of China at 19:05:53. It was also called the 1920 Gansu earthquake [ 3 ] because Ningxia was a part of Gansu Province when the earthquake occurred.
China 1786: 1920 Haiyuan landslides; triggered by the 1920 Haiyuan earthquake [18] 1920: 3. 70,001 + Landslides triggered by the 1718 Tongwei–Gansu earthquake. [19] 1718: 4. 22,000: 1970 Huascarán avalanche; triggered by the 1970 Ancash earthquake [20] Peru: 1970: 5. 10,000 –30,000 Vargas tragedy [21] Venezuela: 1999 10,000: White Friday ...
The earthquake was felt with a maximum intensity of IX on the China seismic intensity scale (IX on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale [13]) over a 157 km 3 area. [14] It generated a 22 km (14 mi) surface rupture along the Lenglongling segment of the Haiyuan Fault. On-site investigations found up to 2.1 m (6 ft 11 in) of left-lateral strike ...
16 Dec 1920 Haiyuan County, Ningxia, China 1920 Haiyuan earthquake >100,000 Loess flows and landslides over an area of 50,000 km 2 (19,000 sq mi). Failures in loess caused extreme fissuring, landslide dams, and buried villages. [70] 1920 Veracruz, Mexico: Rio Huitzilapan debris flows est. 600–870
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 earthquakes .
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This is a list of disasters in China by death toll. ... 16 December 1920: Haiyuan earthquake: Ningxia: 265,000 [3] 27 July 1976: Tangshan earthquake: Hebei: 300,000 ...
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