More than , families were left homeless, and more than 4, children were orphaned. Tangshan was eventually rebuilt with adequate earthquake precautions. Today, nearly two million people live there. There is speculation that the death toll from the quake was much higher than the official Chinese government figure of , Some Chinese sources have spoken privately of more than , deaths. But if you see something that doesn't look right, click here to contact us!
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This would make this the most deadly quake in the twentieth century, and the strongest since the Alaska quake in which was of magnitude 9.
More people died in earthquakes in the first 10 months of than in any year since During , there were a string of tremors, stretching from China to Greece, which Swedish expert Dr Marcus Baath believes may be a signal of new movement in the Earth's crust.
In August , a new earthquake measuring 6. Explore the BBC. Some food was parachuted in, but the distribution was uneven. Water, even just for drinking, was extremely scarce. Many people drank out of pools or other locations that had become contaminated during the earthquake.
Relief workers eventually got water trucks and others to transport clean drinking water into the affected areas. Some scholars believe that the Tangshan earthquake contributed to its downfall.
Although science had taken a backseat in the Cultural Revolution since in its inception in , seismology had become a new focus of research in China out of necessity. Between and , the Chinese government reported predicting nine earthquakes. There was no such warning for Tangshan. The Mandate of Heaven is a long-established Han tradition that attributes unusual or freakish occurrences in the natural world such as comets, droughts, locusts, and earthquakes to a sign that the divinely chosen leadership is incompetent or undeserving.
Recognizing that, in the wake of the successful earthquake predictions at Haicheng the previous year, Mao's government touted its ability to predict and then respond to natural disasters. Tangshan was not predicted, and the size of the disaster made the response slow and difficult—a process significantly hindered by Mao's complete rejection of foreign aid. After the emergency care was given, the rebuilding of Tangshan began almost immediately.
Though it took time, the entire city was rebuilt and is again home to over 1 million people, earning Tangshan the nickname "Brave City of China. In the succeeding decades, the experiences of Tangshan have been used to improve earthquake predicting capabilities and the provision of medical support in major disasters.
Additional research has also been focused on anomalous animal behaviors ahead of earthquakes, which have been widely documented.
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