The China Earthquake Administration ( CEA ; 中国地震局 ) is a public institution managed by the State Council at the deputy ministerial level in charge of national earthquake disaster reduction work. It is currently managed by the Ministry of Emergency Management .
6-586: Some English text use the name Chinese Seismic Bureau (CSB). In older text, it was also referred to by its former name, National Earthquake Bureau (NEB) or National Seismic Bureau (NSB). CEA presently has nine subordinate bureaus. As a country stricken by two of the world's ten most fatal earthquakes before the creation of CEA, China's first seismic monitoring stations were set up under the Chinese Academy of Sciences . A national Earthquake Affairs Office ( 地震办公室 )was created under joint administration of
12-763: A disaster, it must have profound environmental effects and/or loss of life and frequently causes financial loss. This list takes into account only the highest estimated death toll for each disaster and lists them accordingly. It does not include epidemics and famines . The list also does not include the 1938 Yellow River flood , which was caused by the deliberate destruction of dikes. Death counts are historical totals unless indicated otherwise. Events in boldface are ongoing. Note: Some of these famines may have been caused or partially caused by humans. Note: Some of these floods and landslides may be partially caused by humans – for example, by failure of dams, levees , seawalls or retaining walls . This list does not include
18-800: The National Science and Technology Commission ( 国家科学技术委员会 ) and Chinese Academy of Sciences after the 1966 Xingtai earthquakes . A Central Task Force of Earthquakes ( 中央地震工作小组 ) under the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party was created the day after a M7.4 earthquake struck Bohai Bay on July 18, 1969. In 1971, the State Council decided to create the National Earthquake Bureau ( CNEB ), predecessor to CEA, to replace
24-674: The "Central Task Force". The State Council initially delegated administration of the CNEB to the Chinese Academy of Sciences. CNEB became directly administrated by the State Councile in 1975. Following the recommendation from the CNEB, each province, autonomous regions and centrally administrated municipalities in PRC has established its own earthquake bureau since 1977. In 1985, these local bureaus were placed under dual leadership of
30-468: The local government and the national bureau. CNEB was renamed CEA in 1998. List of natural disasters by death toll#Top Ten Deadliest Earthquakes A natural disaster is a sudden event that causes widespread destruction, major collateral damage, or loss of life, brought about by forces other than the acts of human beings. A natural disaster might be caused by earthquakes, flooding, volcanic eruption, landslide, hurricanes, etc. To be classified as
36-406: The man-made 1938 Yellow River flood caused entirely by a deliberate man-made act (an act of war, destroying dikes). Note: Measuring the number of deaths caused by a heat wave requires complicated statistical analysis, since heat waves tend to cause large numbers of deaths among people weakened by other conditions. As a result, the number of deaths is only known with any accuracy for heat waves in
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