tangshan earthquake by: jonathan and soeun known as the “phoenix city”
TRANSCRIPT
![Page 1: Tangshan Earthquake By: Jonathan and Soeun Known as the “Phoenix City”](https://reader036.vdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022062516/56649dcf5503460f94ac3a9c/html5/thumbnails/1.jpg)
Tangshan Earthquake
By: Jonathan and Soeun
Known as the “Phoenix City”
![Page 2: Tangshan Earthquake By: Jonathan and Soeun Known as the “Phoenix City”](https://reader036.vdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022062516/56649dcf5503460f94ac3a9c/html5/thumbnails/2.jpg)
![Page 3: Tangshan Earthquake By: Jonathan and Soeun Known as the “Phoenix City”](https://reader036.vdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022062516/56649dcf5503460f94ac3a9c/html5/thumbnails/3.jpg)
General information1976, July 28th (GMT+8)
Magnitude: 7.8
242,769 dead during the earthquake
17th deadliest earthquake
Tangshan, Hebei, China
Believed to be the largest earthquake of the 20th century by death toll.
![Page 4: Tangshan Earthquake By: Jonathan and Soeun Known as the “Phoenix City”](https://reader036.vdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022062516/56649dcf5503460f94ac3a9c/html5/thumbnails/4.jpg)
Nowadays Tangshan
![Page 5: Tangshan Earthquake By: Jonathan and Soeun Known as the “Phoenix City”](https://reader036.vdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022062516/56649dcf5503460f94ac3a9c/html5/thumbnails/5.jpg)
Detailed information
Lasted 23 seconds
Time: 03:42:53.8 a.m. (GMT+8)
Cause: Okhotsk Plate sliding past the Eurasian Plate
Severely damaged area: 52km2
![Page 6: Tangshan Earthquake By: Jonathan and Soeun Known as the “Phoenix City”](https://reader036.vdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022062516/56649dcf5503460f94ac3a9c/html5/thumbnails/6.jpg)
Tectonic Plates Sliding
![Page 7: Tangshan Earthquake By: Jonathan and Soeun Known as the “Phoenix City”](https://reader036.vdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022062516/56649dcf5503460f94ac3a9c/html5/thumbnails/7.jpg)
Severely Damaged Area
![Page 8: Tangshan Earthquake By: Jonathan and Soeun Known as the “Phoenix City”](https://reader036.vdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022062516/56649dcf5503460f94ac3a9c/html5/thumbnails/8.jpg)
Economic Impacts
The earthquake indirectly ended the Chinese revolution.
Destroyed more than 90% of buildings
Economy has been upswing after the shock
Damage cost: 28 billion rmb (4.5 billion US dollars)
![Page 9: Tangshan Earthquake By: Jonathan and Soeun Known as the “Phoenix City”](https://reader036.vdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022062516/56649dcf5503460f94ac3a9c/html5/thumbnails/9.jpg)
Exact Location
![Page 10: Tangshan Earthquake By: Jonathan and Soeun Known as the “Phoenix City”](https://reader036.vdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022062516/56649dcf5503460f94ac3a9c/html5/thumbnails/10.jpg)
![Page 11: Tangshan Earthquake By: Jonathan and Soeun Known as the “Phoenix City”](https://reader036.vdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022062516/56649dcf5503460f94ac3a9c/html5/thumbnails/11.jpg)
Interesting factsChinese government didn’t receive any medical help from the UN because the Chinese government insisted not to receive any help from other countries.
Shanghai sent 56 rescue medical teams to Tangshan.
A major 7.1 magnitude aftershock went 16 hours after the earthquake.
The time of the earthquake affected the death toll.
![Page 12: Tangshan Earthquake By: Jonathan and Soeun Known as the “Phoenix City”](https://reader036.vdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022062516/56649dcf5503460f94ac3a9c/html5/thumbnails/12.jpg)
THANK YOU FOR LISTENING PATIENTLY