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1556 Shaanxi earthquake

Magnitude 8 Earthquake (23 Janaury 1556) in Shaanxi, China; regarded as deadliest earthquake in recorded history
Event earthquake Q191293
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Summary

1556 Shaanxi earthquake is an earthquake[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of earthquake entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,075 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Shaanxi[3]
  • Country: Ming dynasty[4]
  • Location: Hua County[5]
  • Commons category: Earthquakes of 1556[6]
  • Point in time: January 23, 1556[7]
  • Number of deaths: 830,000[8], 100,000[9]
  • Earthquake magnitude on the moment magnitude scale: 8.0[10]
  • Earthquake magnitude on the Richter magnitude scale: 8[11]
  • Modified Mercalli intensity scale: Mercalli scale XI[12]
  • Vertical depth: 32 km[13]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[14]
  • Fault: Qinling Fault[15], Shanxi Rift System[16], Ordos Block[17]

Why It Matters

1556 Shaanxi earthquake has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] It is known by 84 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

Related Entities

Ming dynasty

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . sxdzj.gov.cn. sxdzj.gov.cn. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . sxdzj.gov.cn. sxdzj.gov.cn. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Strong earthquake activity and active blocks in mainland China. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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