Tangshan Earthquake By: Jonathan and Soeun Known as the “Pho enix City”
Tangshan Earthquake By: Jonathan and Soeun Known as the “Phoenix City”
Dec 24, 2015
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Tangshan Earthquake
By: Jonathan and Soeun
Known as the “Phoenix City”
General information1976, July 28th (GMT+8)
Magnitude: 7.8
242,769 dead during the earthquake
17th deadliest earthquake
Tangshan, Hebei, China
Believed to be the largest earthquake of the 20th century by death toll.
Nowadays Tangshan
Detailed information
Lasted 23 seconds
Time: 03:42:53.8 a.m. (GMT+8)
Cause: Okhotsk Plate sliding past the Eurasian Plate
Severely damaged area: 52km2
Tectonic Plates Sliding
Severely Damaged Area
Economic Impacts
The earthquake indirectly ended the Chinese revolution.
Destroyed more than 90% of buildings
Economy has been upswing after the shock
Damage cost: 28 billion rmb (4.5 billion US dollars)
Exact Location
Interesting factsChinese government didn’t receive any medical help from the UN because the Chinese government insisted not to receive any help from other countries.
Shanghai sent 56 rescue medical teams to Tangshan.
A major 7.1 magnitude aftershock went 16 hours after the earthquake.
The time of the earthquake affected the death toll.
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