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Bookmark or Share- From rubble to boomtown - Tangshan 45 years after deadly quakeWednesday marked the 45 anniversary of the Tangshan earthquake, a 7.8-magnitude quake that struck the city in North China's Hebei province on July 28, 1976. It killed more than 240,000 people and nearly destroyed the entire city.
- Tangshan – Travel guide at WikivoyageTangshan (唐山; Tángshān) is a city in Hebei . Get in. Tangshan Sannühe Airport is 20km from the city center. Inter-Provincial Bus travel to Tangshan from Beijing Capital Airport and Beijing Daxing Airport. [1] Get around. See. Imperial tombs. Parks. The earthquake memorial and park in the centre of town on Xinhua Road is an important focal point.
- Tangshan earthquake of 1976 | Magnitude, Deaths, Damage, & FactsTangshan 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. The death toll, thought to be one of the largest natural disasters in recorded history, was officially reported as 242,000 persons, but it may have been as high as 655,000.
- Tangshan | China, Map, Earthquake, & Facts | BritannicaTangshan, industrial city, eastern Hebei sheng (province), northeastern China. It is situated in the northeastern portion of the North China Plain , about 30 miles (48 km) north of the Bo Hai (Gulf of Chihli) and 65 miles (105 km) northeast of central Tianjin metropolis.
- The Deadly Tangshan Earthquake of 1976 - ThoughtCoAt 3:42 a.m. on July 28, 1976, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake hit the sleeping city of Tangshan, in northeastern China. 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.
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