| 1 | Xu Daoyi, a retired researcher at China Seismology Administration, agrees. | |
| 2 | SSB [Sichuan Seismological Bureau] has data that would let us examine this more closely. | |
| 3 | As early as 1970, the State Seismological Bureau, had identified the Liaoning Province as an area of high earthquake risk. | |
| 4 | The Sichuan Seismological Bureau warned residents that a strong aftershock was likely to happen in the province, Xinhua reported. | |
| 5 | A short term earthquake prediction was given to the population in the Haicheng area as early as mid-January 1975. |