1976 China, Tangshan

At 3:42 am on July 28, 1976 a magnitude of 7.8 earthquake hit the city of Tangshan in northeastern China. The earth Quake had killed over 240,000 people. Because of the amount of deaths, this was the deadliest earth quake of the twentieth century. Before the earthquake ended up occurring, nature had given signs of warning. We know this because it is a general rule when earthquakes will hit soon and because of the literal way that the animals are reacting. For example there were 1000 some odd chickens in Baiguantuan refused to eat and had run around excitedly chirping, mice and weasels were looking for places to hide. Not only did animals five a sign but nature gave signs. The night preceding the earthquake, July 27-28, many people reported seeing strange lights and noises, there were fireballs everywhere, and workers at an air port reported the noises were louder than that of an air plane. The amazing thing about the earthquake is that it wasn't long. It was only about 14-16 seconds. but caused massive amounts of damage. when it struck over a million people lay sleeping, unaware of the disaster, that was to rip them up. most people were doing the usual and hiding under tables and looking for shelters to hide in. Most people were sleeping and did not have time. when the quake was over most buildings were destroyed including hospitals. After the quake 242,419 people were deas and 164,581 people injured.