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 ...

On 23 January that year, an absolutely enormous earthquake happened due to the Weinan and Huashan faults slipping which killed 830,000 people with most of these deaths occurring in the Shaanxi ...

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 ...