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The 1556 Shaanxi earthquake (Postal romanization: Shensi), known in Chinese colloquially by its regnal year as the Jiajing Great Earthquake " 嘉靖大地震" (Jiājìng Dàdìzhèn) or officially by its epicenter as the Hua County Earthquake " 华县地震" (Huàxiàn Dìzhèn), occurred in the early morning of 2 February 1556 in Huaxian ...
Shaanxi, China 1556 Shaanxi earthquake: 34.5 109.7 830,000+ 8.2–8.3 Deadliest earthquake in recorded history: USGS: November 16–17, 1570 19:10 Ferrara, Italy
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 earthquakes .
January 23 – The Shaanxi earthquake, the deadliest earthquake in history, occurs with its epicenter in Shaanxi province, China; 830,000 people may have been killed. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] January 24 – In India, at the Sher Mandal in Delhi , the Mughal Emperor Humayun trips while descending the stairs from his library and strikes the side of his head ...
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.
One of the most devastating earthquakes in recorded history was the 1556 Shaanxi earthquake, which occurred on 23 January 1556 in Shaanxi, China. More than 830,000 people died. [2] Most houses in the area were yaodongs—dwellings carved out of loess hillsides—and many victims were killed when these structures collapsed.
1556 Shaanxi earthquake: January 23, 1556: Shaanxi, China: 100,000: 8.0: Direct deaths thought to be just over 100,000 while about 730,000 people died from famines or ...
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