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History’s Deadliest Earthquake in Shaanxi 1556, Leveled Mountains and Reversed Rivers

The Loess Region is the cradle of China's civilization. It is also a region particularly vulnerable to earthquake damage because loess soil - rich windblown silt that settled over the millennia to…

By Khalid Elhassan · 9 min

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On This Day In History: An Eathquake Destroys A Chinese City

On this day in history., an earthquake measuring 8.2 magnitude on the Richter scale destroys a Chinese city. The city…

Ed · 3 min