10 Chinese Natural Disasters

1290 Chihli earthquake

Sep 27, 1290

The earthquake had an estimated magnitude of 6.8. Iti is said that about 100,000 people were killed.

1556 Shaanxi earthquake

Jan 23, 1556

With 830,000 casualties, the Shaanxi earthquake is the deadliest earthquake on record. It is also the fourth dealiest natural disaster on record.

1887 Yellow River Flood

Sep 28, 1887

The Yellow River overcame the dikes that farmers had built, due to days of heavy rain. The flood killed about 900,000 people.

1920 Haiyuan earthquake

Dec 16, 1920

Following the earthquake were a series of aftershocks lasting three years. It is the 4th deadliest earthquake of all time, killing around 240,000 people.

1925 Dali Earthquake

Mar 16, 1925

The earthquake had an estimated magnitude of 7.0. It killed about 5,000 people.

1931 China River Floods

Jul 1, 1931

The Yangtze and Huai rivers flooded from July to November 1931, thanks to melted snow and several feet of summer rain. The floods displaced about 28.5 million people.

Typhoon Nina

Jul 30, 1975

Approximately 229.000 people died in the storm. The storm also caused several smaller dams to break, leading to immense flooding.

1976 Tangshan Earthquake

Jul 27, 1976

The earthquake hit Tangshan early in the morning, lasting 14 to 16 seconds. It is the biggest earthquake of the 20th century in terms of death toll.

2008 Chinese winter storms

Jan 25, 2008

The storms lasted from the 25th of January to the 6th of February.This was China's worst weather they had had in over half a century.

2008 Sichuan earthquake

May 12, 2008

The earhquake had a magnitude of about 7.9. Exactly 69, 297 people were killed in the didaster.