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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.
Article Province Deaths Notes 1887 Yellow River flood: Henan, Anhui, Jiangsu: 930,000 [12]1975 Banqiao dam failure: Henan, Anhui: 230,000: This dam failure was a landmark technological failure in the 20th century.
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 ...
1970 Tonghai earthquake: China January 5, 1970 18 15,000 7.4 1978 Tabas earthquake: Iran: September 16, 1978 18 15,000 7.4 1968 Dasht-e Bayaz and Ferdows earthquakes: Iran: August 31, 1968 20 12,225 7.1 M L: 1962 Buin Zahra earthquake: Iran: September 1, 1962 21 12,000 7.3 M s 1907 Qaratog earthquake: Tajikistan: October 21, 1907 21 12,000 8.0
About 55 earthquakes a day – 20,000 a year – are recorded by the National Earthquake Information Center.Most are tiny and barely noticed by people living where they happen. But some are strong ...
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 ...
The 1976 Tangshan earthquake (Chinese: 唐山大地震; pinyin: Tángshān dà dìzhèn; lit. 'Great Tangshan earthquake [b] ') was a M w 7.6 earthquake that hit the region around Tangshan, Hebei, China, at 3:42 a.m. on 28 July 1976. The maximum intensity of the earthquake was XI (Extreme) on the Mercalli scale.
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.