Qishan earthquake in Shaanxi 780 BC Chr.
The Qishan earthquake in Shaanxi 780 BC Chr. Occurred in the year 780 v. BC, the second year of the reign of King You of Zhou (周 幽王), in Qishan , Shaanxi Province , China. The Guoyu (国语) reports on this in its first chapter.
Due to the damage it caused, it was possible to estimate that the quake in the epicenter reached a strength of more than IX on the Mercalli scale . Calculations based on this resulted in a magnitude of> 7.
literature
- Johannes T. Weidinger, Jiading Wang, Naixi Ma: The earthquake-triggered rock avalanche of Cui Hua, Qin Ling Mountains, PR of China — the benefits of a lake-damming prehistoric natural disaster . In: Quaternary International . tape 93–94 , July 2002, pp. 207-214 , doi : 10.1016 / S1040-6182 (02) 00019-8 .
See also
Web links
- 中国 历史 上 有 记载 的 79 次 特大 地震 ( Zhongguo lishishang you jizai de 79 ci te da dizhen , The 79 worst earthquakes in Chinese history)
- Shaanxi Qishan dizhen
- Shanxi Qishan dizhen
- Zhongguo zhuming da dizhen (yi)
- complete text passage ( Guoyu , 1st chapter)
- Cuihua Mountain ("a great earthquake in the three valleys in the middle part of Shaanxi")
Individual evidence
- ↑ 中国 历史 上 有 记载 的 79 次 特大 地震 ( Zhongguo lishishang you jizaide 79 ci teda dizhen , The 79 worst earthquakes in Chinese history) ( Memento of the original from March 3, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
Coordinates: 34 ° 30 ′ 0 ″ N , 107 ° 48 ′ 0 ″ E