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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 23 January 1556 in ...
1556-01-23: 1556 Shaanxi earthquake ... Largest earthquake in southern China 1605-07-13: 1605 Guangdong earthquake Guangdong: 7.5 M s ...
The 1976 Tangshan earthquake ( Chinese: 唐山大地震; pinyin: Tángshān dà dìzhèn; lit. 'Great Tangshan earthquake [ b] ') was a Mw 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. In minutes, 85 percent of the ...
One of the most devastating earthquakes in history occurred near Hua Shan in southeastern Shaanxi on January 23, 1556, killing an estimated 830,000 people (see 1556 Shaanxi earthquake). The end of the short-lived Jiangxi Soviet signaled the beginning of the Long March by Mao Zedong and the Chinese Communists to the Shaanxi Soviet at Yan'an.
The starved could not move out because all out-of-town traffic were guarded by militia to contain the news of starvation. [ 7] Chinese famine of 1876–79. Shanxi, Shaanxi, Henan. [ 8] 9–13 million. Drought. Chinese famine of 1928–30. Gansu, Shaanxi.
Only it was created nearly 2000 years ago, before people even understood what an earthquake was. Zhang Heng lived in China during the Han dynasty, and history remembers him as a scholar in many ...
1556 Shaanxi earthquake: January 23, 1556: ... 2008 Sichuan earthquake: China: 7.9 $150 billion [184] 5 2011 Christchurch earthquake: New Zealand: 6.3 $40 billion [185] 6
As an unnamed event, the correct name should be "1556 Shaanxi earthquake" or possibly "Shaanxi earthquake of 1556" (compare to 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake, 2005 Pakistan earthquake, etc.). "Shaanxi Earthquake" is quite incorrect since "Earthquake" should not be capitalized. The rename is trivial, but unfortunately only an admin can do it ...