1605 Guangdong earthquake

Significant earthquake Guangdong province China 13 July 1605 1605 Guangdong earthquake China Guangdong yes 13 July 1605 s y 7.5 19.9 110.5 region:CN_type:event inline,title X thousands The 1605 Qiongshan earthquake (瓊山地震) occurred on 13 July (33rd year of reign of Emperor Wanli, May 28 in the Chinese lunar calendar) that struck HainanJichu Jin Hongzhen Wang The Qiongshan Earthquake of July 1605 Disasters March 1988 12 1 22–36 10.1111/j.1467-7717.1988.tb01152.x 20958647 1988Disas..12...22J and the adjacent Guangdong province in China with an estimated magnitude of 7.5 s yes with a maximum felt intensity of X (Extreme) on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale. It caused widespread damage, including the subsidence of large areas of farmland, swamping many villages and several thousand people were killed. Significant Earthquake Information https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/hazel/view/hazards/earthquake/event-more-info/835 30 March 2022 10.7289/V5TD9V7K National Geophysical Data Center / World Data Service (NGDC/WDS): NCEI/WDS Global Significant Earthquake Database 1972 NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information According to the Chinese records about the event, in the reign of the Wanli Emperor, "there was a thunderous sound, the public office collapsed and the houses collapsed, and thousands of the dead were crushed in the county" and "the corpse is covered in pillows, bloody, touches the heart, and spit in the sky.From 萬曆瓊州府志, book 12,書目文獻出版社, 1990, "三十三年五月二十八日亥時地大震。自東北起聲如雷，公署民房崩倒殆盡，郡城中壓死者幾千"；"亥時忽然震動，初如奔車之輾，繼如風揶之顛。”"屍骸枕藉，腥血薰沾，觸目摧心，慟天流涕。” References Category:Earthquakes in Guangdong Category:Disasters in Hainan Category:1600s earthquakes Category:1605 disasters