On January 23, 1556, Shaanxi, a province in northwestern China, was hit by a massive earthquake, which is estimated to have claimed an astonishing 830,000 lives. Any area near a fault line is ...

January 23, is remembered in history as a dark day as American journalist Daniel Pearl was kidnapped in Karachi, Pakistan. It ...

Local police officers check an earthquake-affected area in Qutang village of Dingri in Shigatse, Southwest China's Xizang autonomous region, Jan 7, 2025. [Photo/Xinhua] LHASA -- A 6.8-magnitude ...

The quake had a magnitude of 7.1, according to the United States Geological Survey, though it was measured as 6.8 by the China Earthquake Networks Center. The nearest city to the earthquake’s ...

A strong earthquake shook a high-altitude region of western China and areas of Nepal on Tuesday, damaging hundreds of houses, littering streets with rubble and killing at least 126 people in the ...

However, the world cannot forget what happened on January 23, 1556. The 1556 Shaanxi earthquake, which struck China’s Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces on January 23, is referred to as the world’s ...