The Shaanxi earthquake in 1556 is considered the deadliest earthquake in recorded history, with estimates of over 800,000 fatalities. It caused widespread destruction in the Shaanxi, Henan, and Gansu provinces in China.
Approx. 6400 people died in the Kobe earthquake most suffocated or were burnt to death in the flames that spread through Kobe on the 17th January 1995. So far the amount of people that have died in the Japanese earthquake is 10,000 people.
The Shaanxi earthquake in China on January 23, 1556 had the largest number of recorded deaths. The number of deaths was between 820,000 and 830,000 people due to a magnitude 8.0 quake in a densely populated area.
The Izmit earthquake that occurred in Turkey in 1999 resulted in the deaths of around 17,000 people.
The 2010 Chile earthquake, not hurricane, resulted in approximately 525 fatalities.
The earthquake in Shannxi caused 830,000 deaths according to a website in China.
I am pretty sure more people died in the earthquake in China. We studied them both at school.
The Shaanxi earthquake in 1556 is considered the deadliest earthquake in recorded history, with estimates of over 800,000 fatalities. It caused widespread destruction in the Shaanxi, Henan, and Gansu provinces in China.
About 10000 people died after the earthquake.
Yes. China had one earthquake at 2008. Nearly 400 people died and injured.AdditionallyThe May 2008 earthquake in Eastern Sichuan, China was magnitude 7.9 and the recorded deaths and injuries were far more than 400.There was also a magnitude 6.9 quake in Southern Qinghai, China on April 13, 2010.
Approx. 2000
On July 28, 1976, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake hit the sleeping city of Tangshan, in northeastern China. The very large earthquake, striking an area where it was totally unexpected, obliterated the city of Tangshan and killed over 250,000 people - making it the deadliest earthquake of the twentieth century.
100 people died in Aquila because of an earthquake
There were about 20,000 people who died in the earthquake of Rat Island, Alaska
Around 230,000 people died in the 2010 earthquake in Haiti's capital city, Port-au-Prince.
Du Xian died in 740.
Yuwen Xian died in 578.