Tangshan earthquake of 1976, earthquake on July 28, 1976, with a magnitude of 7.5, which nearly razed the Chinese coal-mining and industrial city of Tangshan, located about 68 miles (110 km) east of Beijing.

The 1976 Tangshan earthquake (Chinese: 唐山大地震; pinyin: Tángshān dà dìzhèn; lit. 'Great Tangshan earthquake [b] ') was a M w 7.6 earthquake that hit the region around Tangshan, Hebei, China, at 3:42 a.m. on 28 July 1976. The maximum intensity of the earthquake was XI (Extreme) on the Mercalli scale.

People visit the ruins of a factory of former Tangshan Locomotive & Rolling Stock Works, destroyed during the Tangshan Earthquake. Chinese engineers attribute the widespread building collapse to unreinforced construction and many buildings with low seismic resistance.

Sep 25, 2019 · The very large earthquake, striking an area where it was totally unexpected, obliterated the city of Tangshan and killed more than 240,000 people—making it the deadliest earthquake of the 20th century.

Mar 4, 2010 · An estimated 242,000 people in Tangshan and surrounding areas were killed, making the earthquake one of the deadliest in recorded history, surpassed only by the 300,000 who died in the Calcutta...

On 28 July 1976 Tangshan prefecture in North China was hit by an M 7.8 earthquake, which also severely affected nearby Tianjin City. The earthquake began on 28 July at 03:42:53 AM while most of the people in the region were asleep.

Features of the 1976 Tangshan Earthquake; Field Phenomena in Meizoseismal Area of the 1976 Tangshan Earthquake; Earthquake Damage to Pipelines; Damage in Tianjin During Tangshan Earthquake; and Empirical Criteria of Sand Liquefaction.

Jan 30, 2019 · At 3:42 am on July 28, 1976, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck Tangshan, an industrial city of 1 million people in northern China. The quake leveled about 85% of the buildings in Tangshan, which had been built on the unstable soil of the Luanhe River's flood plain.

The 1976 Tangshan earthquake (Chinese: 唐山大地震) was a natural disaster resulting from a magnitude 7.6 earthquake that hit the region around Tangshan, Hebei, People's Republic of China on 28 July 1976. It lasted for 23 seconds and levelled 90 percent of Tangshan’s buildings.

Hundreds of thousands of people are feared dead following an 8.3 magnitude earthquake in China. The quake has virtually destroyed the city of Tangshan, north-east of Beijing, and Western...