''Qiongshan earthquake''([[Chinese language|Chinese]]:琼山地震) was an earthquake In 1605 on 13 July that sruck [[Hainan]]<ref>https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20958647/</ref> and the adjacent [[Guangdong]] province in China with an estimated magnitude of 7.5 {{M|s|link=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.<ref name="NOAA">{{Cite web |title=Comments on the significant earthquake |url=https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/nndc/struts/results?eq_0=835&t=101650&s=13&d=22,26,13,12&nd=display |website=National Geophysical Data Center / World Data Service (NGDC/WDS): Significant Earthquake Database. National Geophysical Data Center, NOAA |doi=10.7289/V5TD9V7K |access-date=15 May 2020}}</ref>
''Qiongshan earthquake''([[Chinese language|Chinese]]:琼山地震) was an earthquake in 1605 on the 13th of July that struck [[Hainan]]<ref>https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20958647/</ref> and the adjacent [[Guangdong]] province in China with an estimated magnitude of 7.5 {{M|s|link=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.<ref name="NOAA">{{Cite web |title=Comments on the significant earthquake |url=https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/nndc/struts/results?eq_0=835&t=101650&s=13&d=22,26,13,12&nd=display |website=National Geophysical Data Center / World Data Service (NGDC/WDS): Significant Earthquake Database. National Geophysical Data Center, NOAA |doi=10.7289/V5TD9V7K |access-date=15 May 2020}}</ref>
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Significant earthquake impacting on the Guangdong province in China on 13 July 1605
Qiongshan earthquake(Chinese:琼山地震) was an earthquake in 1605 on the 13th of July that struck Hainan[1] and the adjacent Guangdong province in China with an estimated magnitude of 7.5 Ms 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.[2]
