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    A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck in Pishan County, Hotan Prefecture, Xinjiang, China 95 km (59 mi) southeast of Yilkiqi (يىلقىچى يېزىسى / 依力克其乡), on...
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    The April 2015 Nepal earthquake (also known as the Gorkha earthquake) killed 8,962 people and injured 21,952 across the Nepal, India, China and Bangladesh...
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    in Pishan was the site of the 2011 Pishan hostage crisis. In 2012/3, Muji was changed from a township into a town. On July 3, 2015, the 2015 Pishan earthquake...
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    The 2015 Illapel earthquake occurred 46 km (29 mi) offshore from Illapel (Coquimbo region, Chile) on September 16 at 19:54:32 Chile Standard Time (22:54:32 UTC)...
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  • significant earthquakes for the period 2011–2020, listing earthquakes of magnitude 7 and above, or which caused fatalities. Deaths due to earthquake-caused...
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    A major earthquake occurred in Nepal on 12 May 2015 at 12:50 pm local time (07:05 UTC) with a moment magnitude of 7.3, 18 kilometres (11 mi) southeast...
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  • The 2015 Sabah earthquake (Malay: Gempa Bumi Sabah 2015) struck Ranau, Sabah, Malaysia with a moment magnitude of 6.0 on 5 June, which lasted for 30 seconds...
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  • On 7 December 2015, an earthquake measuring 7.2 on the moment magnitude scale struck Tajikistan 105 km (65 mi) west of Murghab at 07:50 UTC at a depth...
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  • 2015 Islamabad earthquake occurred at 01:59:54 Pakistan Standard Time on July 24 in Pakistan. It was centered just 15 km (9.3 mi) northeast of capital...
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  • This is a list of earthquakes in 2015. Only earthquakes of magnitude 6 or above are included, unless they result in damage and/or casualties, or are notable...
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    The October 2015 Hindu Kush earthquake was a magnitude 7.5 earthquake that struck South Asia on 26 October 2015, at 13:39 AFT (14:09 PKT; 14:39 IST; 09:09...
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    The 2015 Ogasawara earthquake was a 7.8 magnitude earthquake which struck offshore Japan 189 km (117 mi) west northwest of Chichi-jima in the Ogasawara...
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  • of Pishan County of Hotan Prefecture, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, July 4, 2015. A 6.5-magnitude earthquake rocked Pishan County...
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    2015. "Dead and injured in earthquake in eastern Congo" (in German). Vervaeck, Armand (7 August 2015). "Deadly earthquake in DR Congo, strongly felt in...
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  • The December 2015 Hindu Kush earthquake occurred with a moment magnitude of 6.3 in South Asia on 25 December 2015. One woman was killed in Pakistan. At...
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    annexed by Shanshan [the Lop Nur region]. Qule [south of Keriya] and Pishan [modern Pishan or Guma] were conquered and fully occupied by Yutian [Khotan]. Yuli...
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  • annexed by Shanshan [the Lop Nur region]. Qule [south of Keriya] and Pishan [modern Pishan or Guma] were conquered and fully occupied by Yutian [Khotan]. Yuli...
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    earthquakes, floods, snow storms, sandstorms and other frequent natural disasters. From 1905 to the present, there have been 56 recorded earthquakes with...
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    of a 7.1/7.3 magnitude earthquake. In February 2014, the county was at the epicenter of the 6.8 magnitude 2014 Yutian earthquake. No injuries or deaths...
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    he attacked and killed the Suoju (Yarkand) general who was at Pishan (modern Pishan or Guma). He then returned with the soldiers. Then Xian sent his...
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    tombs in Tashkurgan. In May 2017, the county was hit with a magnitude 5.5 earthquake that killed eight and injured 29. Tashkurgan County is located in the...
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    Yarkant Prefecture (莎車專區) were established. In 1902, a magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck the prefecture. It caused extreme devastation, destroying 30,000...
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    Artush (category Articles containing potentially dated statements from 2015)
    been taken down too. At 10:23 pm on January 19, 2020, a 5.2 magnitude earthquake struck in Artush. It is situated in the northwest part of the Tarim Basin...
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    after 2010 census. Kunyu CLC was established from parts of Hotan County, Pishan County, Moyu County, & Qira County after 2010 census. Huyanghe CLC was established...
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    sent to boarding schools. Chinese government statistics reported that from 2015 to 2018, birth rates in the mostly Uyghur regions of Hotan and Kashgar fell...
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    a 6.7 magnitude earthquake killed 267 people in Maralbexi County and Payzawat County. On February 24, 2003, the 2003 Bachu earthquake occurred. In April...
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    worker at a nearby hostel had reportedly mistaken the explosion for an earthquake, another eyewitness noted how the bomb appeared to be "home made, as the...
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    wrote that her career was significantly affected by the 1997 Jiashi earthquakes, which were "one of the worst natural disasters that had occurred in...
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    ice-dammed lake in the world". Although earthquakes are generally rare occurrences, on 27 September 2003 a very large earthquake measuring MW 7.3 occurred in the...
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  • County Kokterak Township National Closed Sandified Land Protected Area, Pishan County Xidi National Closed Sandified Land Protected Area, Qitai County...
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