List of disasters in China by death toll

This is a list of disasters in China by death toll.

Earthquake A full list in chronological order is detailed in the list of earthquakes in China. Among which, the most fatal ones were:

Date ArticleProvinceDeathsNotes 25 September 1303 Hongdong earthquake Shanxi 270,000 23 January 1556 Huaxian earthquake Shaanxi 100,000+ 16 December 1920 Haiyuan earthquake Ningxia 265,000 27 July 1976 Tangshan earthquake Hebei 300,000+ Reprinted as:

Famine A full list in chronological order is detailed in the list of famines in China. The most fatal ones were:

Name; area DeathsCauses Great Chinese Famine of 1958–62 An excerpt is published as: 15–55 millionGreat Leap Forward economic failure. The starved could not move out because all out-of-town traffic was guarded by militia to contain the news of starvation. Chinese famine of 1906–1907 Anhui, Jiangsu. 20-25 million Flood Chinese famine of 1876–79 Shanxi, Shaanxi, Henan. 9–13 million Drought Chinese famine of 1928–30 Gansu, Shaanxi. 6 million Drought

Fire A full list in chronological order is detailed in the list of fires in China. The most fatal ones were: Date, locationArticleDeaths, injuriesCauses6 January 1878, Tianjin Tianjin soup kitchen fire 2,000, ? The gate of the soup kitchen was always locked to prevent hunger from causing social unrest, which prevented evacuation in case of fire.18 February 1977, Khorgas, Xinjiang 61st Regiment Farm fire 694, 161 Most deaths were the troops' children. At Chinese New Year, a child set off a firecracker and ignited the wreaths for the funeral of Mao Zedong, which for many months no one dared to dispose of for fear of being accused of disrespecting.12 August 2015, Tianjin2015 Tianjin explosions173A series of explosions at the Port of Tianjin in Tianjin, northern China, killed 173 people.

Flood A full list in chronological order is detailed in the list of floods in China. The most fatal ones were: ArticleProvinceDeathsNotes 1887 Yellow River flood Henan, Anhui, Jiangsu 930,000 1931 China floods Jiangsu 422,499–4,000,000 More deaths caused by the flood-led famine. 1975 Banqiao dam failure Henan, Anhui 230,000 This dam failure was a landmark technological failure in the 20th century. See also List of massacres in China List of rail accidents in China Aviation accidents and incidents in China

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