Tangshan Earthquake, China, 1976
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Name (Hebrew)
רעידת האדמה טאנגשאן, סין, 1976
Name (Latin)
Tangshan Earthquake, China, 1976
Name (Arabic)
زلزال تانغشان 1976
Coordinates
118.401 118.401 39.664 39.664 (gooearth )
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Earthquakes China
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Other Identifiers
Wikidata:
Q462195
Library of congress:
sh2007010647
Sources of Information
- Work cat.: 2007313466: Cheng, G. 1976 Tangshan da di zhen xing cun zhe 30 ge gu shi, 2006.
- GeoRef thesaurus, 2004(Tangshan earthquake 1976; epicenter near Tangshan in Hebei, NE China)
- LC database, Dec. 31, 2007(Tangshan earthquake (1976))
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Tangshan Earthquake Memorial III
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Wikipedia description:
A Mw 7.6 earthquake hit the region around Tangshan, Hebei, China, at 03:42:55 on 28 July (19:42:55, 27 July UTC) 1976. The maximum intensity of the earthquake was XI (Extreme) on the Mercalli scale. In minutes, 85 percent of the buildings in Tangshan collapsed or were rendered unusable, all services failed, and most of the highway and railway bridges collapsed or were seriously damaged. The official count stated 242,469 deaths, while historians accepted at least 300,000 died, making it the deadliest earthquake in recorded history (excluding the famine deaths from the 1556 Shaanxi earthquake) and one of the worst disasters in China by death toll.
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