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 ...
The China Earthquake Networks Centre located the epicentre at Tingri county, known as the northern gateway to the Everest region, at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles). The U.S. Geological Service put ...
January 23, is remembered in history as a dark day as American journalist Daniel Pearl was kidnapped in Karachi, Pakistan. It ...
On January 23 1556, Shaanxi, a province in northwestern China, was struck by a major earthquake, estimated to have killed a staggering 830,000 people. Though accurate casualty counts are difficult ...
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 ...
Chinese authorities in Tibet have detected problems, including cracks, at five out of 14 hydropower dams that they have ...
BEIJING--The death toll has risen to 38 from the partial collapse of a highway bridge in northwestern Shaanxi province two weeks ago that plunged two dozen vehicles into a rushing river ...