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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 。
【唐山大地震英語作文帶翻譯】1976年7月28*特大地震*唐山大地震*
在*世紀 ， 沒有任何其他大地震能與發生在1976年7月28**北方*唐山市所造成*巨大災難或*相*特大地震 。唐山位于*東部偏南95英里*原文如此 ， 譯者注*，人口一百萬，是一個繁榮*工業城市 。過去該地區曾經歷過中度地震活動，唐山市*地基不穩定，土壤為沖積土質 。更為糟糕*是，唐山正好處于四周為主要*地殼斷層*區域中心 。此外，25英里長*斷層帶正好通過唐山，唐山**物結構很少具有** 。
7月28*清晨，整個城市還在睡夢中，突然爆發了8.0級特大地震，震中在斷層*5英里處 ， 正好是唐山市*中心位置 。與東側相對而言，沿著斷層*西側整個土地向北*了5英尺 。在裂縫處北端東部 ， 地塊北向下傾斜，南邊翹起 。整個唐山幾乎全部夷為平地 。有報道說 ， 地震*威力之強大把人都拋到了空中 。頃刻間，數千人喪失了生命 。財產*損失更是難以置信 。橋梁、鐵路、房屋、工廠完全夷為平地 。在西南60英里以外*港口城市天津 ， 及西面**，大地震動迫使數以千計受到驚嚇*老百姓在后來*多次*中露宿街頭尋求安全 。
