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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.
Governments affected by the disaster are now working to build a tsunami early warning system. The Boxing Day sea surge was triggered when an earthquake caused the sea floor to jolt vertically by about 10m (33ft), which displaced hundreds of cubic kilometres of water.The resulting waves travelled at speeds of up to 800km/h (497mph). The tsunami killed more than 200,000 people in 13 countries.his may be the worst natural disaster in recent history, he added. E-mail this story to a friend. 2004: Thousands die in Asian tsunami Massive sea surges triggered by an earthquake under the Indian Ocean have killed over 10,000 people in southern Asia, with many more feared dead.