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On This Day In History: An Eathquake Destroys A Chinese City
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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 that was destroyed was  Tangsha. It was a largely  an  industrial city with…

By Ed · 3 min
This Day in History, A Huge Tsunami Hit The East Coast Of Japan (1896)
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This Day in History, A Huge Tsunami Hit The East Coast Of Japan (1896)

On this day in 1896, an earthquake shook the seabed some one hundred miles off the coast of Japan. It…

Ed · 3 min