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One of the deadliest earthquakes in history struck Shaanxi, China, resulting in at least 100,000 direct deaths.

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1556 Shaanxi earthquake

Natural disaster in China

The 1556 Shaanxi earthquake, known in Chinese colloquially by its regnal year as the Jiajing Great Earthquake "嘉靖大地震" or officially by its epicenter as the Hua County Earthquake "华县地震", occurred in the early morning of 2 February 1556 in Huaxian, Shaanxi, during the Ming dynasty.
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Shaanxi

Province in Northwestern China

Shaanxi is a province in north Northwestern China. It borders the province-level divisions of Inner Mongolia to the north; Shanxi and Henan to the east; Hubei, Chongqing, and Sichuan to the south; and Gansu and Ningxia to the west. Shaanxi covers an area of over 205,000 km2…
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