Vue sur le monument ou Anti-Seismic Tangshan Séisme Monument à Tangshan city, en Chine, dans la province du Hebei, 21 juillet 2016. La ville de Tangshan
View of the Anti-Seismic Monument or Tangshan Earthquake Monument in Tangshan city, north China's Hebei province, 21 July 2016. The city of Tangshan in north China's Hebei province has redeveloped after the great earthquake 40 years ago. Tangshan earthquake of 1976, also called Great Tangshan Earthquake, took place 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 death toll, thought to be one of the largest in recorded history, was officially reported as 242, 000 persons, but it may have been as high as 655, 000. At least 700, 000 more people were injured, and property damage was extensive, reaching even to Beijing. The 1976 Tangshan earthquake caused liquefaction and bending of the rails on the Beijing-Shanhaiguan railway that passes through Tangshan.
