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Factfile on the Tangshan earthquake

by Staff Writers
Tangshan, China (AFP) Jul 28, 2006
Factfile on the earthquake which struck the northern Chinese city of Tangshan on July 28, 1976.

-- Earthquake struck at 3:42 am on July 28, 1976, lasting for 15 seconds

-- Magnitude 7.8 on Richter scale

-- Aftershock of 7.1 on Richter scale struck 15 hours later

-- 242,000 people dead out of a population of one million, making it the deadliest quake in the world during the 20th century

-- 164,000 people seriously injured

-- Over 7,200 entire families killed

-- 7,000 men left without wives and 8,000 wives left without husbands, 4,200 orphans

-- 3,800 left crippled

-- 90 percent of buildings in Tangshan flattened

-- Over 100,000 soldiers, 30,000 medical workers and 20,000 relief team members sent to Tangshan

Sources: Official Chinese statistics and: "The Tangshan Earthquake," by Qian Gang, 2nd edition published 2005

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