A major earthquake , known as the Xingtai earthquake , with magnitude 6.8 on the Richter scale and epicenter in Longyao County occurred in the early morning of March 8 , 1966 . It was followed by 5 earthquakes above magnitude 6 on the Richter scale that lasted until March 29 , 1966 . The strongest of these quakes had a magnitude of 7.2 and took place in the southeastern part of Ningjin County on March 22 . The earthquake damage included 8,064 dead , 38,000 injured and more than 5 million destroyed houses
Xingtai earthquake
1966 Xingtai earthquake
Xingtai