Today (July 28, 2021) marks 45 years of the 1976 Tangshan earthquake. Also known as the Great Tangshan earthquake, this natural disaster, measuring 7.6 on the Richter Scale, hit the region around ...

She had become trapped after the deadliest earthquake of the 20th century hit Tangshan, Hebei province, at 3 am on July 28, 1976, killing more than 240,000 and crippling another 16,000.

In 1976, a devastating magnitude-7.8 earthquake struck Tangshan, an industrial city just 90 miles (150 kilometers) from Beijing. Tangshan was leveled entirely and more than 242,000 people died.

In the north of Hebei Province, the city of Tangshan has a long, at times heartbreaking history, but today it is a modern metro area emphasizing sustainable development. With the Bohai Sea to the ...

Visitors gaze upon a monument to the Tangshan earthquake in Tangshan, Hebei Province, July 27. Photo: Li Hao/GT A 5.1-magnitude earthquake, which is believed to be an aftershock of the 7.8 ...

Tangshan, China, Jul 27 (efe_epa). — It was on July 28, 1976 that 242,000 inhabitants of the city of Tangshan, in northeastern China, lost their lives in an earthquake, the worst of its kind ...

The true extent of the Great Tangshan Earthquake of 1976 was hidden from the nation and the world, despite the loss of 250,000 lives. Other natural disasters traditionally have also been shrouded ...

The north China city of Tangshan was hit by a magnitude 5.1 earthquake on Sunday morning, stirring memories of the massive tremor that rocked the region in 1976, killing at least 242,000 people.

In that moment 30 years ago this week, she became one of millions whose lives were blighted when a powerful earthquake flattened the industrial city of Tangshan and killed more than 242,000 people.