What were the short term effects of the earthquake in Tangshan china?

Answer 1

Although it was devastating for the friends and family of the victims of the earthquake, the deaths caused by the earthquake are only a short term effect. This is because before the earthquake the population of Tangshan was estimated to be around 1.6 million people, so, a loss of 242,419 lives (about 1/6 of the population) is only a very small amount compared to the estimated population. There are also thousands of children being born in Tangshan daily which increases the population by a small amount each day.

Some Farmland in Tangshan was ruined because of the Earthquake. A lot of farmland was unusable for quite some time after the earthquake so no crops would have been able to be grown. Due to the lack of crops less food would be produced so there would be a shortage of food available. This means that due to the lack of crops the farmers wouldn't have any produce to sell, so they would have no financial income and because of the food shortage.

Answer 2

Short term effects of the earthquake in Tangshan, China include immediate deaths, loss of farmland, shortage of food, loss of agricultural income. The Tangshan earthquake of 1976 was one of the largest earthquakes in recent years.

Answer 3

An earthquake or other natural disaster can have a significant long term impact on the economy. Destruction of infrastructure can have a significant negative long term effect on local businesses.

Answer 4

short term-

• A wall of fire 300-500m wide.
• water , electric and gas supplies were cut of.
• difficulty in transport-roads blocked and expressway fell down.
• 3-5 percent of Japan's industry was damaged.

long term -

• all rail services back to normal within 8 months
• 80% of the port facilities were functional within 1 year

Answer 5

The effects of the Haiti earthquake are buildings being destroyed, but most importantly injury and loss of life. Which in this instance is estimated to be 200000 dead, lots of jobs have been lost, building being destroyed from the president's palace, to the smallest shack. Inmates escaped from the prisons when the walls collapsed which has lead too people Looting and Robbing, and other related crimes.

The short term effects of the Haiti earthquake are

• Buildings being destroyed, roads and docks. Making it difficult to get aid to the people who need it. Example food, clean drinking water, clothes, cooking utensils, temporally shelters and most importantly drugs and medicines.
• Without clean drinking water and dead bodies rotting in the hot sun the risk of life threatening diseases is expected.

The long term effects of the Haiti earthquake are

• Economic problems of people trying to re build their houses and business without the availability of money to buy such materials.
• Social problems of people who may of lost all their relatives worst of all are the children who have been left with no one to care for them.
• Lots of doctors and nurses had to do surgery outside because the hospitals were full of people and some the hospitals were destroyed.

There have been accounts from people of the community of Haiti that have said there injured people walking and lying on the streets. many people are dying in front of every body to see and families are being torn apart.

Answer 6

A 4 x 5 mile [6.4 x 8.0 kilometer] area of the northeastern Chinese city of Tangshen, as the earthquake's epicenter, was the area most affected in China by the quake of July 28, 1976. But the seismic waves caused damage in the cities of Qinhuangdao and Tianjin and even 87-1/2 miles [140 kilometers] away in Beijing. Tremors were felt 470 miles [760 kilometers] away in Xi'an. According to the map, there may have been effects across the China Sea and into North Korea.