1912 Wenzhou Cyclone | |
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Total costs | N/A |
Deaths | 50000 |
The following is a list of Pacific typhoon seasons from 1902 to 1919. Data from these years was extremely unreliable, so there were many more typhoons that did not hit land and were not detected by ships. Pacific typhoon seasons 1900, 1901, 1902–1919, 1920–1938, 1939
Source: Wikipedia 1786 Dadu river landslide dam | |
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Total costs | N/A |
Deaths | 100000 |
An earthquake occurred on 1 June 1786 in and around Kangding, in what is now China's Sichuan province. It had an estimated magnitude of about 7.75 and a maximum perceived intensity of X (Extreme) on the Mercalli intensity scale. The initial quake killed 435 people. After an aftershock ten days later, a further 100,000 died when a landslide dam collapsed across the Dadu river.
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