As of 2017, the Tangshan Earthquake Memorial Wall contained the names of 246,465 victims, who were registered by relatives. Damage · Death toll · Question of prediction · Comparison

The death toll, thought to be one of the largest natural disasters in recorded history, was officially reported as 242,000 persons, but it may have been as high ...

... quake. The aftershocks were recorded to be as high as 7.1 on the Richter Scale, which not only hampered the rescue efforts but also added to the death toll.

An estimated 242,000 people in Tangshan and surrounding areas were killed, making the earthquake one of the deadliest in recorded history, surpassed only by ...

The initial death count reported by the Chinese government put the casualties at 655,000, but this number was later reduced to around 240,000 to 255,000.

Officially, the Chinese government estimated between 240,000 and 250,000 people died in the Tangshan earthquake. The rebuilding of Tangshan began almost ...

The United Nations estimates 187 000 confirmed dead and an additional 43 000 missing. Most of these fatalities occurred in the Aceh province of Indonesia, at ...

The official death toll stands at 240,000, but outside sources have posted much higher figures. Some current residents still believe that the death toll is at ...

The magnitude 7.8 earthquake that struck Tangshan, China on July 28, 1976, killed at least 242,000 people (the official death count).