And then there are the M-Disk: http://www.extremetech.com/computing/92286-m-disc-is-a-dvd-made-out-of-stone-that-lasts-1000-years. USD DOD test: http://www.mdisc.com/uploads/M-DISC_1sheet_ChinaLake_vF.pdf. Down side, requires writer that is M-Disk capabale, and disk are expensive (ie about 3 bucks per disk.
The Shaanxi earthquake's epicenter was in the Wei River Valley in Shaanxi Province, near the cities of Huaxian, Weinan and Huayin.
South-west China lies in an area that is prone to earthquakes. An earthquake in Sichuan in 2008 killed tens of thousands of people. And in 1970, a magnitude 7.7 quake in Yunnan killed at least 15,000 people.