The real cause of Tangshan earthquake

The real reason of Tangshan earthquake is that Tangshan is located in the Bohai seismic belt, and earthquakes occur due to frequent plate movements.

Tangshan earthquake refers to the earthquake that occurred in Tangshan City, Hebei Province, China. According to the fifth-generation seismic zoning map, Tangshan is located in an octave fortification zone. 1On July 28th, 976, an earthquake measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale occurred, and the Tangshan earthquake killed more than 242,000 people. Tangshan earthquake is one of the top ten natural disasters in the 20th century.

At 6: 38 on July 12, 2020, an earthquake of magnitude 5. 1 with a focal depth of 10 km occurred in guye district, Tangshan City, Hebei Province (39.78 degrees north latitude and18.44 degrees east longitude). Tangshan City, Chengde City, Cangzhou City and Zhangzhou City have obvious earthquakes.

As of July 2020 12 14, no casualties were reported. The Beijing Earthquake Administration announced that the magnitude of Tangshan earthquake was 5. 1, which caused a sensation in Beijing, especially in Pinggu, Shunyi, Tongzhou and other areas in the east. The maximum earthquake intensity recorded by the instrument was 3 degrees, which did not cause obvious earthquake damage and loss of life and property.

Influence of Tangshan earthquake

Tangshan earthquake occurred in Beijing-Tianjin-Tangshan area, with concentrated cities and developed industries. The magnitude is large and the disaster is serious. The CPC Central Committee and the State Council decided to implement national disaster relief. Set up headquarters at all levels, with the People's Liberation Army as the main body to provide counterpart support, organize self-help and mutual rescue activities, and/kloc-more than 0/100,000 PLA officers and men rushed to the disaster area for rescue; 50,000 medical personnel, cadres and the masses all over the country are urgently concentrated to heal the wounded and rescue the dying and deliver relief materials; The critically wounded were evacuated by special plane and special train and transferred to 1 1 provinces and cities for treatment.

The strong earthquake caused traffic interruption, communication paralysis, water and power cuts in the whole city, and emergency repair of lifeline projects such as communication, water supply, power supply and traffic recovery is one of the most urgent tasks of Tangshan disaster relief. Accordingly, the central government quickly arranged the task of supporting various professional systems. Posts and telecommunications, railways, transportation, electric power, municipal construction and other departments immediately acted to ensure the smooth recovery and reconstruction of the above-mentioned system projects.