A natural disaster compounded by human error: the Tangshan earthquake was predicted but concealed. (Internet image) At 3:42 AM on July 28, 1976, a massive earthquake struck Tangshan, Hebei Province, reducing the city to ruins. Official figures state over 242,000 deaths and 164,000 serious injuries (Editor's note: actual death toll was approximately 650,000-700,000). This was both a natural disaster and a man-made catastrophe. The natural disaste…
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A natural disaster compounded by human error: the Tangshan earthquake was predicted but concealed. (Internet image) At 3:42 AM on July 28, 1976, a massive earthquake struck Tangshan, Hebei Province, reducing the city to ruins. Official figures state over 242,000 deaths and 164,000 serious injuries (Editor's note: actual death toll was approximately 650,000-700,000). This was both a natural disaster and a man-made catastrophe. The natural disaste…