1920 Haiyuan earthquake | |
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Total costs | N/A |
Deaths | 273400 |
1920 Haiyuan earthquake (Chinese: 海原大地震; pinyin: Hǎiyuán dà dìzhèn) occurred on December 16 in Haiyuan County, Ningxia Province, Republic of China. It was also called the 1920 Gansu earthquake because Ningxia was a part of Gansu Province when the earthquake occurred. It caused destruction in the Lijunbu-Haiyuan-Ganyanchi area and was assigned the maximum intensity on the Mercalli intensity scale (XII Extreme).
Source: Wikipedia 1705 Po Valley Flood | |
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Total costs | N/A |
Deaths | 15000 |
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