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Jan 23, 1556
Shaanxi Earthquake
1.n Jan. 23, 1556, the deadliest earthquake ever recorded occurred in the Shaanxi province and the neighboring Shanxi province, located in northern China.
2.he catastrophic earthquake had an estimated magnitude of 8 and killed approximately 830,000 people.
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India Cyclone
- The cyclone triggered a 40-foot-wave that destroyed much of the village and most of the ships near the area, with about 20,000 people drowning at sea. 2.On Nov. 25, 1839, what became known as the "India Cyclone" hit the harbor village of Coringa, located in Andhra Pradesh, India. 3.An estimated total of 300,000 people died because of the cyclone.
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Central China Floods
1.The worst natural disaster in history, the Central China Floods occurred from July to August 1931, when the Yangtze River overflowed and caused a series of floods.
2.As a result of the massive flooding, an estimated 3.7 million people died from drowning, disease and starvation.
3. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, more than 51 million people, or one-fourth of China's population, were affected by the Central China Floods. -
Tangshan Earthquake
- The Chinese government initially reported a death toll of 655,000, but that number was later re-estimated to about 242,000 people. 2.Tangshan's dense population was devastated by the magnitude-8 earthquake. 3.On July 28, 1976, the epicenter of the Tangshan Earthquake struck near Tangshan, an industrial city with approximately one million inhabitants located in Hebei, People's Republic of China.
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Indian Ocean Earthquake and Tsunami
1.On Dec. 26, 2004, an undersea, magnitude-9.3 earthquake, with an epicenter off the west coast of Sumatra, Indonesia.
2.resulted in a devastating tsunami that hit the coasts of several countries in South and Southeast Asia.
3.The Indian Ocean earthquake and its resulting tsunami killed an estimated 225,000 to 230,210 people.
