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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 ...
- 100,000+ (direct deaths)
- Ming dynasty
- Early morning
- 8.0'"`UNIQ--templatestyles-00000005-QINU`"'Mw
The earthquake (estimated at magnitude 8) struck Shaanxi and neighbouring Shanxi province to the east early on Jan. 23, 1556, killing or injuring an estimated 830,000 people. This massive death toll is thought to have reduced the population of the two provinces by about 60 percent. Local annals (which date to 1177 bce) place the epicentre of ...
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On January 23, 1556, an earthquake in Shaanxi, China, kills an estimated 830,000 people. Counting casualties is often imprecise after large-scale disasters, especially prior to the 20th century ...
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Sep 8, 2017 · Updated: September 19, 2023 | Original: September 8, 2017. Humans have documented earthquakes for nearly 4,000 years. Of those recorded, the deadliest occurred in China. On January 23, 1556, a ...
- Becky Little
- 3 min
The Small Wild Goose Pagoda, whose top fell during the 1556 earthquake. My Veiling. The 1556 Shaanxi Earthquake. Early in the morning of January 23rd, 1556, Ming Dynasty China was rocked by a massive earthquake that was the epicenter in the Wei River Valley’s Huazhou District, in northern China’s Shaanxi Province.
Jul 6, 2023 · While it's hard to say with certainty, by many accounts the deadliest day in human history was actually the result of a natural disaster. On the morning of 23 January 1556, a massive earthquake rocked China's Shaanxi province, at the time considered the ' cradle of Chinese civilization '. The quake only lasted a few seconds but is estimated to ...
Nov 17, 2020 · 1 Introduction. We examine the 23 January 1556 Huaxian earthquake in Shaanxi, central China (Figure 1a), which is the deadliest in history with an estimated death toll of ~830,000, of which roughly one third were killed by primary effects of building and cave-dwelling collapse, and of landsliding, with the remaining two thirds thought to have perished through resulting famine and disease (e.g ...
