Haicheng (Simplified Chinese: 海城; Traditional Chinese: 海城; pinyin: Hǎichéng) is a county-level city of Anshan City, Liaoning Province, in the People's Republic of China. It is located about 200 kilometers from Shenyang, the capital of Liaoning Province. Shenyang (Simplified Chinese: 沈阳; Traditional Chinese: 瀋陽; pinyin: ShÄ›nyáng; English formerly Mukden) is the capital of Liaoning province in China. ... Simplified Chinese characters (Simplified Chinese: 简体字; Traditional Chinese: 簡體字; pinyin: jiÇŽntǐzì; also Simplified Chinese: 简化字; Traditional Chinese: 簡化字; pinyin: jiÇŽnhuàzì) are one of two standard character sets of printed contemporary Chinese written language. ... Traditional Chinese characters are one of two standard character sets. ... Pinyin is a system of romanization (phonemic notation and transcription to Roman script) for Standard Mandarin, where pin means spell(ing) and yin means sound(s)). This article describes the most common variant called Hanyu Pinyin (Simplified Chinese: 汉语拼音; Traditional Chinese: 漢語拼音; pinyin: HànyÇ” PÄ«nyÄ«n), also known as scheme... A county-level city (县级市 Pinyin: xiànjí shì) is a county-level administrative division of mainland China. ... Anshan (Chinese: 鞍山; pinyin: ; lit. ... Liaoning (Simplified Chinese: 辽宁; Traditional Chinese: 遼寧; pinyin: ) is a northeastern province of the Peoples Republic of China. ... Shenyang (Simplified Chinese: 沈阳; Traditional Chinese: 瀋陽; pinyin: ShÄ›nyáng; English formerly Mukden) is the capital of Liaoning province in China. ... Liaoning (Simplified Chinese: 辽宁; Traditional Chinese: 遼寧; pinyin: ) is a northeastern province of the Peoples Republic of China. ...

Haicheng Earthquake of 1975

On February 4, 1975, an earthquake measuring 7.3 on the Richter Scale hit the city of Haicheng, which at the time had approximately 1 million residents. However, seismologists sent out warnings about this earthquake a day earlier and ordered evacuations. Because of this correct prediction, many lives were saved. This was the first successful earthquake perdiction in history. Further aiding the prediction, cats and other animals are also said to have acted strangely in the days leading up to the earthquake. There are some questions as to the vailidity and accuracy of these reports, which are discussed in detail in the Haicheng Earthquake Prediction link below. February 4 is the 35th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ... The Richter magnitude test scale (or more correctly local magnitude ML scale) assigns a single number to quantify the size of an earthquake. ... Seismology (from the Greek seismos = earthquake and logos = word) is the scientific study of earthquakes and the movement of waves through the Earth. ...

Earthquake prediction

Haicheng is remarkable and well-known for its success in Chinese earthquake prediction research. Other than the 1975 Haicheng earthquake prediction, another successful earthquake prediction was made a week before the M5.4 Gushan-Pianling Earthquake in Haicheng and nearby Xiuyan city. Seismic hazard map of the San Francisco Bay Area, showing the probability of a major earthquake occurring by 2032 An earthquake prediction is a prediction that an earthquake of a specific magnitude will occur at a specific location and time. ...

See also

• Earthquake prediction
• Anshan
• Liaoning

Seismic hazard map of the San Francisco Bay Area, showing the probability of a major earthquake occurring by 2032 An earthquake prediction is a prediction that an earthquake of a specific magnitude will occur at a specific location and time. ... Anshan (Chinese: 鞍山; pinyin: ; lit. ... Liaoning (Simplified Chinese: 辽宁; Traditional Chinese: 遼寧; pinyin: ) is a northeastern province of the Peoples Republic of China. ...

External links

• Haicheng Official Website
• The Haicheng Earthquake & its prediction