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The 1976 Tangshan earthquake ( Chinese: 唐山大地震; pinyin: Tángshān dà dìzhèn; lit. 'Great Tangshan earthquake [b] ') was a Mw 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. In minutes, 85 percent of the ...
Doublet earthquake: 1976-07-27: 1976 Tangshan earthquake: Tangshan, Hebei: 7.5 M w 300,000+ Deadliest earthquake in Chinese history. Among the top disasters in China by death toll. 1976-08-16: 1976 Songpan-Pingwu earthquake: Sichuan
The 1976 Sabah earthquake resulted in some damage. 27: China, Hebei: 7.5: 23.0: XI This was the deadliest event of the 20th century, and one of the deadliest events of all time. Deadliest event of 1976. The 1976 Tangshan earthquake struck causing devastation to the area. 242,769 people died according to official information. Around 799,000 were ...
Approximately 15 million people lived in the affected area. It was the deadliest earthquake to hit China since the 1976 Tangshan earthquake, which killed at least 242,000 people, and the strongest in the country since the 1950 Assam–Tibet earthquake, which registered at 8.6 M w. It is the 18th deadliest earthquake of all time.
The 1556 Shaanxi earthquake ( Postal romanization: Shensi ), known in Chinese colloquially by its regnal year as the Jiajing Great Earthquake " 嘉靖大地震 " ( Jiājìng Dàdìzhèn) or officially by its epicenter as the Hua County Earthquake " 华县地震 " ( Huàxiàn Dìzhèn ), occurred in the early morning of 23 January 1556 in ...
The 1976 Longling earthquake in Yunnan Province, People's Republic of China, was a doublet earthquake, with two main shocks striking just east of Longling at 12:23:20 and 14:00:22 UTC (20:23 and 22:00 local time).
The 1976 Songpan–Pingwu earthquake that struck Songpan and Pingwu counties in Sichuan, China consisted of three mainshocks on the 16th, 21st, and 23rd (UTC) of August. A 1984 report gave the magnitudes as 7.2, 6.7, and 7.2, respectively (scale not specified). [7]
On February 4, 1975, at 19:36 CST, an earthquake of Ms 7.5 and intensity (MMI) IX hit the city of Haicheng, Liaoning, China. Much of the city was evacuated before the earthquake, so few died from building collapse; however, many died from fire and hypothermia in the subsequent days. The evacuees lived during the deep winter in self-made tents ...