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The China Earthquake of July 28, 1976 *The Tangshan Earthquake*
No other earthquake in this century has been as catast*phic or has claimed as *ny lives as the great earthquake that struck the city of Tangshan, in Northern China, on July 28, 1976. Tangshan, a th*ving indust*al city with one million inhabitants, is located only about 95 miles east, and slightly south, of Beijing. Although the region had expe*enced moderate sei*ic activity in the past, the city of Tangshan has been built on unstable, alluvial soil. To *ke *tters worse, The city is located in the center of an area with *jor crustal f*lts on four sides. Further*, a 25-mile long f*lt passes th*ugh Tangshan, where only few of its structures are earthquake-resistant.
In the early morning hours of July 28, while the city was asleep, the **itude 8.0 earthquake with its epicenter *ght on the city b*ke a five-mile section of the f*lt. Along the west side of the f*lt the land moved five feet northward in relation to the land on the east side. The east block tipped downward at the northern end of the break, and upward toward the south end. Over a four-by-five mile area the devastation of the city was nearly total. The force of the quake motions were so st*ng that people reported being th*wn in the air. Within seconds, thousands *d. P*perty destruction was unbelievable. B*dges, rail*ads, homes, facto*es were completely l*led. In the harbor city of Tientsin, 60 miles to the southwest, and in Beijing to the west, the quake jolts forced thousands of f*ghtened people into the streets seeking refuge f*m aftershocks 。
【唐山大地震英语作文带翻译】1976年7月28*特大地震*唐山大地震*
在*世纪 ， 没有任何其他大地震能与发生在1976年7月28**北方*唐山市所造成*巨大灾难或*相*特大地震 。唐山位于*东部偏南95英里*原文如此 ， 译者注*，人口一百万，是一个繁荣*工业城市 。过去该地区曾经历过中度地震活动，唐山市*地基不稳定，土壤为冲积土质 。更为糟糕*是，唐山正好处于四周为主要*地壳断层*区域中心 。此外，25英里长*断层带正好通过唐山，唐山**物结构很少具有** 。
7月28*清晨，整个城市还在睡梦中，突然爆发了8.0级特大地震，震中在断层*5英里处 ， 正好是唐山市*中心位置 。与东侧相对而言，沿着断层*西侧整个土地向北*了5英尺 。在裂缝处北端东部 ， 地块北向下倾斜，南边翘起 。整个唐山几乎全部夷为平地 。有报道说 ， 地震*威力之强大把人都抛到了空中 。顷刻间，数千人丧失了生命 。财产*损失更是难以置信 。桥梁、铁路、房屋、工厂完全夷为平地 。在西南60英里以外*港口城市天津 ， 及西面**，大地震动迫使数以千计受到惊吓*老百姓在后来*多次*中露宿街头寻求安全 。
