1July 28th, 976, east longitude 1 18. 1 degree, 39.6 degrees north latitude. In the crust 0/6 km away from the ground, a strong earthquake with a magnitude of 7.8 on the Richter scale suddenly occurred in Fengnan District, Tangshan City, Hebei Province, China. Twenty-three seconds later, Tangshan was reduced to ruins. The direct economic losses amounted to more than 3 billion yuan. The scene of the earthquake victims is extremely tragic and rare in the world. Beijing, the capital of China, is shaking, and the tall beams and columns of Tiananmen Gate are convulsively "quacking". From Bohai Bay to Ningxia in Inner Mongolia. People in this land of China are extremely shocked and frightened.
1After July 28th, 976, the aftershock of Tangshan earthquake continued, and an earthquake of magnitude 7 occurred. 1 occurred in Luanxian on the same day 18:45. On may 28th, 20 12 10:22, an earthquake of magnitude 4.8 occurred at the junction of Tangshan city and Luanxian county, which experts called the normal aftershock activity of Tangshan earthquake more than 30 years ago.
It happened in 1976, which was a major turning point in modern China. It not only caused three times as many casualties as the Wenchuan earthquake, but also occurred in the political centers of China, such as Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei. After the death of three great men, Zhou Enlai, Zhu De and Mao Zedong, the Gang of Four attempted to usurp the party and seize power. Even in the face of great disasters, they still insisted on political struggle as the key link, which greatly affected the development of disaster relief work.