1973 September 14 at about 2 am, Typhoon Ma Qi 73 14 landed in qionghai city, with a central peak wind of 75 m/s, a maximum gust of over 85 m/s, and a landing wind of 60 m/s. The central meteorological observatory measured the measured pressure outside the eye at the time of landing, and the landing wind evaluation was 60. This is the strongest typhoon that landed in Hainan, China since the founding of the People's Republic of China (until Typhoon rammasun broke the record). 903 people died on the spot in Hainan province, among which qionghai city had the largest number of deaths. According to territorial statistics, the death toll in qionghai city reached 77 1 person, seriously injured 153 1 person, slightly injured 3,825 people, and more than 50,000 houses collapsed.