1556 M8 earthquake in hua county, China, with the death toll as high as 830,000. This is the earthquake with the largest known death toll in the world.
1668 At about 8: 00 pm on July 25th, Tancheng earthquake, with magnitude of 8.5, affected 8 provinces 16 1 county, which was one of the biggest earthquakes in China's history, with the destruction area reaching more than 500,000 square kilometers, which was called "the miracle of the ages" in history.
1920 65438+February 16 at 20: 05: 53, a strong earthquake of magnitude 8.5 occurred in Haiyuan county, Ningxia. 240,000 people died, four cities were destroyed and dozens of county towns were damaged.
1927 At 6: 32: 47 on May 23rd, a strong earthquake of magnitude 8 occurred in Gulang, Gansu, China. More than 40,000 people died. When the earthquake happened, the earth cracked, green and black water came out, and sulfur gas was brilliant, killing countless hungry people.
1932 65438+February 25th 10: 04: 27, a magnitude 7.6 earthquake occurred in Changmabao, Gansu, China. 70,000 people died. When the earthquake happened, there were yellow wind and white light "rushing" on the loess wall; Dust emerged from the rocks, and Jiayuguan Tower, a famous historical site in China, collapsed. Xuefeng on the south bank of Shule River collapsed; The falling rocks in the Thousand Buddha Cave are rolling ... aftershocks are frequent and last for half a year.
On August 25th 1933, 15: 50: 30, a magnitude 7.5 earthquake occurred in Diexi Town, Maoxian County, Sichuan Province, China. When the earthquake happened, the ground was yellow and foggy, and the walls were gone. A shepherd boy flew over two mountains. The huge landslide cut off the Minjiang River and dammed it into a lake. Earthquakes here and there should inspire the Wenchuan earthquake.
1950 At 22: 09: 34 on August 5th, a strong earthquake of magnitude 8.6 occurred in Chayu County, Tibet, China. Hundreds of thousands of square kilometers of Himalayas are instantly unrecognizable: the Yarlung Zangbo River was cut into four sections in the landslide; The whole village was thrown across the river.
The Xingtai earthquake consists of two major earthquakes:15: 29 on March 8, 1966 14 seconds, a 6.8-magnitude earthquake occurred in Longyao County, Xingtai District, Hebei Province,1March 22, 1966 16, 19: 46 seconds, Ningjin County, Xingtai District, Hebei Province.
65438+65438 0970+1:00: 341On 5 October, an earthquake of magnitude 7.7 occurred in Tonghai County, Yunnan Province, China. Death 1562 1 person, disability 3243 1 person. It is the second serious disaster with more than 10,000 deaths in China since the 1949 Yangtze River flood.
On February 4th, 1975, 19: 36: 6, a magnitude 7.3 earthquake occurred in Haicheng county, Liaoning province, China. Because the earthquake was successfully predicted and prevented, it avoided greater and heavier losses, so it was called a miracle in the history of earth science and world science and technology in the 20th century.
1On July 28th, 976, at 3: 42: 54.2, a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck Tangshan, Hebei Province, China. 242,000 people died and 1.6 million people were seriously injured. A heavy industrial city was destroyed, with a direct economic loss of more than 654.38 billion yuan, which was the biggest earthquake in the world in the 20th century.
1988 1 1: 03, 16 10. On October 6th, two major earthquakes of magnitude 7.6 (Lancang) and 7.2 (Gengma) occurred in China. The two earthquakes, which were120km apart, were only 13 minutes apart. Two county towns were razed to the ground, 4 105 people were injured and 743 people died, resulting in economic losses of 25 1 1 100 million yuan.
On May 2, 2008 12 14: 28, Wenchuan County, Sichuan Province (3 1.0 N, 103.4 E), an earthquake of magnitude 8.0 occurred, and the directly severely affected area reached 6,543,800 square kilometers. As of July 4th 12, the Wenchuan earthquake in Sichuan has caused death: 69,225 people were killed, 374,640 people were injured, and18,624 people were missing. Emergency relocation and resettlement 1.500438+0.000 people, with a total affected population of 46.24 million.