Earthquakes in the loess plateau where residents lived in yaodong caves tended to have big casualties, including the 1303 hongdong and 1920 haiyuan earthquakes. A series of explosions at the port of tianjin in tianjin, northern china, killed 173 people. A handful of regions around the world regularly unleash terrifyingly large earthquakes
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Here are the 20 largest earthquakes on record.
List of largest quakes on record in or near china
Since 1900, china has had 2 quakes of magnitude 8.0 or above, 46 quakes between 7.0 and 8.0, and 184 quakes between 6.0 and 7.0. Sichuan earthquake of 2008, massive and enormously devastating earthquake that occurred in the mountainous central region of sichuan province in southwestern china on may 12, 2008. The largest earthquake in china 5.2 in slavyanka, primorskiy, russia this month
5.5 in kangding, sichuan, china this year 7.1 in lobujya, eastern region, nepal This list includes the strongest earthquakes recorded in or around china by the u.s Geological survey (usgs) in the past 14 days
Whether an event is listed here depends largely on its magnitude, but also on its distance from inhabited areas.
At chinese new year, a child set off a firecracker and ignited the wreaths for the funeral of mao zedong, which for many months no one dared to dispose of for fear of being accused of disrespecting
