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Location map showing earthquakes in China.

Location map showing earthquakes in China.
Location map showing earthquakes in China.
Location map showing earthquakes in China.
Location map showing earthquakes in China.
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Cook, John E.
Location map showing earthquakes in China.
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01/01/2004
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Date is approximate.
Caption from Oceanus magazine, Vol. 42, No. 2, Pg. 48:
A CITY FLATTENED—Without warning, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck the city of Tangshan in China, killing 242,769 people and destroying 90 percent of the city’s buildings. A similar earthquake struck 17 months earlier about 280 miles northeast near Haicheng. But a series of smaller foreshocks provoked Chinese officials to issue warnings urging people to remain outdoors, and only 1,328 people died.
Illustration by Jack Cook
© Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
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