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| Processed by: | ycandau (2011-04-14 22:14:11 UTC) |
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<< review queue entry 33821 - submitted by 'richwarm' >> The death toll is discussed in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1976_Tangshan_earthquake#Death_toll Estimates range from 242,000 up to 700,000 but it seems that no definitive figure is available. It's probably not our place to lend credence to one or other estimate. By the way, Wikipedia says the Sichuan Earthquake killed "at least 68,000 people" but a friend who was near the epicentre, in Mianyang, says that figure is wrong, that it was worse than the Tangshan earthquake, and that "死了好几十万了" Elsewhere, I have already submitted - 四川大地震 四川大地震 [Si4 chuan1 da4 di4 zhen4] /Sichuan great earthquake/the magnitude 8 earthquake of May 2008 at Wenchuan 汶川, Sichuan, that killed more than 80,000 people/ + 四川大地震 四川大地震 [Si4 chuan1 Da4 di4 zhen4] /Great Sichuan Earthquake (2008)/ |
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- 唐山大地震 唐山大地震 [Tang2 shan1 Da4 di4 zhen4] /Great Tangshan Earthquake (1976), which killed more than 650,000 people/ + 唐山大地震 唐山大地震 [Tang2 shan1 Da4 di4 zhen4] /Great Tangshan Earthquake (1976)/ |