High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles The 1556 Shaanxi earthquake (Chinese: 华县大地震; pinyin: Hu xi n d d zh n) or Jiajing earthquake (Chinese: 嘉靖大地震; pinyin: jiāj ng d d zh n) was a catastrophic earthquake and is also the deadliest earthquake on record, killing approximately 830,000 people. It occurred on the morning of 23 January 1556 in Shaanxi, during the Ming Dynasty...