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• Deadliest Earthquake Ever Recorded

  In IDiscover / By admin / 13 May 2011 / 1 comment

  

  The 1556 Shaanxi earthquake was a catastrophic earthquake and is also the deadliest earthquake on record, killing approximately 830,000 people. It occurred on the morning of 23 January 1556 in Shaanxi, during the Ming Dynasty. An 840-kilometre (520 mi)-wide area was destroyed, and in some counties 60% of the population was killed. Most of the population in the area at the...

   

• List Of Deadliest Earthquakes In History

  In IDiscover / By admin / 13 May 2011 / 0 comments

  

   

• 10 Deadliest Natural Disasters

  In IDiscover / By admin / 7 November 2010 / 2 comments

  

  A natural disaster is the effect of a natural hazard (e.g., flood, tornado, hurricane, volcanic eruption, earthquake, or landslide) that affects the environment, and leads to financial, environmental and/or human losses. Here’s a list of the 10 worst ones.