Editing 1970 (section)

===January===
{{Main|January 1970}}
* [[January 1]] – [[Unix time]] epoch reached at 00:00:00 [[UTC]].
* [[January 5]] – The 7.1 {{M|w|link=y}} [[1970 Tonghai earthquake|Tonghai earthquake]] shakes [[Tonghai County]], [[Yunnan]] province, China, with a maximum [[Mercalli intensity scale|Mercalli intensity]] of X (''Extreme''). Between 10,000 and 14,621 are killed and 30,000 injured.
* [[January 15]] – After a 32-month fight for independence from [[Nigeria]], [[Biafra]]n forces under [[Philip Effiong]] formally surrender to General [[Yakubu Gowon]], ending the [[Nigerian Civil War]].