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Injured: At least 500,000. Damage: 85 percent of buildings destroyed. With no structures built for earthquake resistance, Tangshan was a sitting duck. This city of one million, about 68 miles (110 kilometers) east of Beijing, was nearly decimated when a magnitude 7.8 quake shook it awake in 1976.A major aftershock followed 15 hours later.ith no structures built for earthquake resistance, Tangshan was a sitting duck. This city of one million, about 68 miles (110 kilometers) east of Beijing, was nearly decimated when a magnitude 7.8 quake shook it awake in 1976. A major aftershock followed 15 hours later.
Media captionShahzeb Jillani reports from a hospital in Mingora, in Pakistan's Swat Valley. Rescue efforts are being stepped up to help those affected by the magnitude-7.5 earthquake which hit remote areas of Afghanistan and Pakistan on Monday. More than 360 people are known to have died, most of them in Pakistan, and at least 2,000 were injured. Rescue teams have been sent to remote mountainous areas where the impact of the quake is still unclear. The Taliban, which controls some areas affected, called on aid agencies not to hold back relief supplies.