Learning the lessons from the Haiyuan quake 100 years on
16 Dec 2020
Fault lines: a section of the Haiyuan fault that was ruptured by the 1920 earthquake. (Courtesy: Liu-Zeng Jing)
On 16 December 1920 at about 7 p.m. local time, a magnitude-7.9 earthquake ripped along 240 km of fa
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Kate Ravilious is a science writer based in the UK