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In the last 500 years, several million people have been killed by earthquakes.Among all the earthquakes, the 1976 Tangshan Earthquake is regarded as the 1 one in the twentieth century.
On July 28, 1976, a terrible earthquake of 7.8 magnitude(級(jí)) 2 Tangshan City, Hebei Province.In just one second, the city with one million people was destroyed.The earthquake was 3 strong that even Beijing and Tianjin were seriously affected(受到影響).The shock was felt in 14 provinces and cities-one-third of the country.
The earthquake took place 4 midnight.Most people could not take any actions.Over 240,000 people 5 and about 170,000 were seriously injured.Water supplies, communications and traffic were completely cut off.
The people there needed 6 immediately.But they could not wait for help 7 .They formed groups to dig for others.They set up medical areas and tents.They searched for food and clean water.Recovery(恢復(fù))was not easy with so much 8 .Yet, after a lot of care was given in time, the rebuilding of Tangshan began almost 9 .Though it took time, the whole city was rebuilt and is 10 home for over a million people, earning(贏得)Tangshan the name“Brave City of China”.
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