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∙ 7y ago27/07/1976 Tangshan, China Official casualty figure is 255,000 deaths. Estimated death toll as high as 655,000. 799,000 injured and extensive damage in the Tang-Shan area. Damage extended as far as Beijing. This is probably the greatest death toll from an earthquake in the last four centuries, and the second greatest in recorded history.
The sumatra earthquake it happend in,2004.
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∙ 16y agoThe most damaging earthquake in recorded history took place in Tangshan, China. At 4 a.m. on July 28, 1976, a tremor lasting less than a minute destroyed 89 percent of homes and 78 percent of industrial buildings. The quake registered 8.2 on the Richter scale (This scale, which measures the magnitude of an earthquake, has graded steps beginning with 1 and ending with 10; each step is about 60 times greater than the preceding step.). Although Chinese officials reported 255,000 deaths, international observers estimate the true total to be 750,000, that is 75 percent of the entire population of Tangshan.
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∙ 12y agoBy destructive, we do not take largest, but the one with most human effects. Naturally, with the Indian plate colliding with the Asian Plate, this is the site of major earthquakes, and as these regions are also heavily populated, the destruction is large.
On 23 January 1556 in the Shaanxi province, China, an earthquake killed more than 830,000 people. The 1976 Tangshan earthquake, with death toll estimated to be between 240,000 to 655,000, is believed to be the largest earthquake of the 20th century by death toll.
[BTW In New Zealand's Fiordland, a deep earthquake of about magnitude 8 was barely felt because few folk live in the locale, and it was a deep one.]
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∙ 10y ago1556; Shaanxi, China: 830,000 killed (estimate)
556; Antioch, Byzantine Empire (now Turkey) : 250,000 killed (estimate)
1976; Tangshan, China: 245,000 killed
1920; Haiyuan, China: 240,000 killed
1138; Aleppo, Syria: 230,000 killed (estimate)
1. Shaanxi, China- Mag: 8.0, Death Toll: ~830,000
2. Tangshang, China- Mag: 7.8 Death Toll: ~240,000
3. Indian ocean Quake (2004)- Mag: ~9.2 Death Toll: ~230,000
4. Haiyuan, China- Mag: 8.5 Death Toll: ~200,000
5. Aleppo, Syria- Mag: 8.5 Death Toll: unknown because it occurred in 1138, however, all homes and buildings were destroyed
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∙ 11y agoThe largest earthquake ever record is at Chile in 1960, according to USGS, the quake had the magnitude of 9.5 on Richter scale.
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∙ 13y agoA 9.6 magnitude earthquake in Chile which happened in 1960
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Do P waves do the most destruction during and earthquake?
No, the S waves do, they are the most destructive, because they have a bigger ratio of Antinodes and nodes. AKA Destructive interference.
Was the Kobe earthquake on a destructive margin?
Yes it was very near the epicentre of the earthquake
Where did the worlds most severe earthquake occur and when?
In Chile in 1960, a 9.5 on the Richter scale
Why can you feel an earthquake from far away from where it occured?
You can feel it because the waves of the earthquake are very destructive depending on the type of earthquake. The wave you might be feeling is the last wave of the earthquake which is the slowest, but the most powerful. Hope this helped! :)
What are The worlds most dangerous earthquakes where does it occur why does it occur when does it occur and at what places and times?
the worlds most dangorus earthquake was in south America it hit a 9.2 on the rickter scale
What is the most destructive earthquake wave?
tsunami
In what state has the most destructive earthquake occurred?
California
What was the most destruvctive earthquake in US history?
The most destructive earthquake in US history was the Prince William Sound earthquake. This earthquake did extensive damage across the Gulf of Alaska.
Is Earthquake constructive or destructive?
Destructive. Destructive means destroying and constructive means to make something. An earthquake is both destructive and constructive.
Sentence with destructive?
A strong earthquake can be very destructive.
Do P waves do the most destruction during and earthquake?
No, the S waves do, they are the most destructive, because they have a bigger ratio of Antinodes and nodes. AKA Destructive interference.
Is today's earthquake is the worst earthquake in the world ever happened?
No. It is neither the most powerful nor most destructive (in terms of number of deaths). The most powerful earthquake ever was the Valdivian / Great Chilean Earthquake of 1960 (9.5 on Richter scale) and the most destructive was the Shaanxi, China earthquake of 1556 which supposedly killed 850 thousand people. Today's earthquake in comparison was 8.9 on the Richter scale and so far 300 people have been confirmed dead and 500 more missing.
What is the worlds most active earthquake and volcano region known as?
the ring of fire
Is an earthquake constructive?
An earthquake in some sense is both constructive and destructive.
Which was worse the worlds worst volcano or worlds worst earthquake?
Easily the world's worst Earthquake.
Was the Kobe earthquake on a destructive margin?
Yes it was very near the epicentre of the earthquake
Where did the worlds most severe earthquake occur and when?
In Chile in 1960, a 9.5 on the Richter scale
