This was the 1556 Shaanxi Earthquake, which occurred on January 23, 1556, in the Shaanxi and Shanxi provinces of China. The earthquake, estimated to be of magnitude 8, is considered the deadliest ...

The most deadly days in the history of warfare killed far fewer than a catastrophic event that unfolded some 500 years ago.

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 ...