{"id":1022,"date":"2005-01-01T12:43:00","date_gmt":"2005-01-01T04:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nolligan.co.uk\/SU\/?p=1022"},"modified":"2021-11-17T22:48:01","modified_gmt":"2021-11-17T14:48:01","slug":"tangshan-the-deadliest-earthquake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.nolligan.ie\/SU\/tangshan-the-deadliest-earthquake\/","title":{"rendered":"Tangshan &#8211; The Deadliest Earthquake"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nolligan.ie\/SU\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/TangshanMem.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"555\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nolligan.ie\/SU\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/TangshanMem.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2921\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nolligan.ie\/SU\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/TangshanMem.jpg 555w, https:\/\/www.nolligan.ie\/SU\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/TangshanMem-300x189.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.nolligan.ie\/SU\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/TangshanMem-476x300.jpg 476w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 555px) 100vw, 555px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Earthquake memorial Tangshan, Hebei, China<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/history1900s.about.com\/od\/horribledisasters\/a\/tangshan.htm\">http:\/\/history1900s.about.com\/od\/horribledisasters\/a\/tangshan.htm<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Update: Has moved to thoughtco.com but the above links still works which is kinda nice.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When the media tell you that the Asian Tsunami is the dealiest earthquake in living memory they are wrong &#8211; my girlfriend nearly died in 1976 when her home was destroyed and over 240,000 people died (some reports put the figure as high as 665,000) in the Tangshan earthquake. 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