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1976 Tangshan earthquake

earthquake that occurred in 1976 Tangshan, Hebei, China
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Summary

1976 Tangshan earthquake is an earthquake[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of earthquake entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,646 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Hebei[3]
  • Country: People's Republic of China[4]
  • Location: Tangshan[5]
  • Commons category: 1976 Tangshan earthquake[6]
  • Point in time: July 28, 1976[7]
  • Number of deaths: 242,769[8]
  • Number of injured: 164,851[9]
  • Earthquake magnitude on the Richter magnitude scale: 7.4[10]
  • Modified Mercalli intensity scale: Mercalli scale XI[11]
  • Vertical depth: 7.5 km[12]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[13]

Why It Matters

1976 Tangshan earthquake has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] It is known by 64 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

Related Entities

People's Republic of China

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . The Rise of Modern China, Sixth Edition. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . web.archive.org. web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 13w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  2. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Modified mercalli intensity scale → Mercalli scale XI
    Number of deaths → {'amount': '+242769'}
    Country → People's Republic of China
    Point in time → +1976-07-28T00:00:00Z
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