1976 Tangshan earthquake

Quality:

1976 Tangshan earthquake - earthquake that occurred in 1976 Tangshan, Hebei, China. Article “1976 Tangshan earthquake” in Simple English Wikipedia has 20.8 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 5 references and 2 sections.

This article has the best quality in English Wikipedia. Also, this article is the most popular in that (Simple English) language version.

Since the creation of article “1976 Tangshan earthquake”, its content was written by 14 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 1319 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 4 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 2049 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (Simple English): #188 in July 2021
• Global: #1241 in January 2005

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (Simple English): #6035 in June 2025
• Global: #1491 in May 2008

There are 42 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2025 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	English (en) 1976 Tangshan earthquake		96.4471
2	Korean (ko) 1976년 탕산 대지진		95.3846
3	Chinese (zh) 唐山大地震		74.0923
4	Catalan (ca) Terratrèmol de Tangshan de 1976		62.2395
5	Indonesian (id) Gempa bumi Tangshan 1976		45.5738
6	Malay (ms) Gempa bumi Tangshan 1976		41.6056
7	Spanish (es) Terremoto de Tangshan de 1976		39.1067
8	Arabic (ar) زلزال تانغشان 1976		38.8928
9	Vietnamese (vi) Động đất Đường Sơn 1976		33.4164
10	Greek (el) Σεισμός του Τανγκσάν (1976)		32.3174

The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) 1976 Tangshan earthquake		2 651 449
2	Chinese (zh) 唐山大地震		2 056 795
3	Japanese (ja) 唐山地震		682 482
4	Russian (ru) Таншаньское землетрясение		399 222
5	German (de) Erdbeben von Tangshan 1976		168 881
6	French (fr) Séisme de 1976 à Tangshan		127 004
7	Italian (it) Terremoto di Tangshan del 1976		120 747
8	Spanish (es) Terremoto de Tangshan de 1976		116 818
9	Korean (ko) 1976년 탕산 대지진		92 509
10	Vietnamese (vi) Động đất Đường Sơn 1976		89 833

The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) 1976 Tangshan earthquake		12 463
2	Chinese (zh) 唐山大地震		6 615
3	Japanese (ja) 唐山地震		1 833
4	Russian (ru) Таншаньское землетрясение		1 596
5	Simple English (simple) 1976 Tangshan earthquake		998
6	Spanish (es) Terremoto de Tangshan de 1976		500
7	Vietnamese (vi) Động đất Đường Sơn 1976		424
8	Italian (it) Terremoto di Tangshan del 1976		339
9	German (de) Erdbeben von Tangshan 1976		261
10	French (fr) Séisme de 1976 à Tangshan		243

The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) 1976 Tangshan earthquake		429
2	Chinese (zh) 唐山大地震		195
3	French (fr) Séisme de 1976 à Tangshan		91
4	German (de) Erdbeben von Tangshan 1976		71
5	Japanese (ja) 唐山地震		55
6	Russian (ru) Таншаньское землетрясение		46
7	Hebrew (he) רעידת האדמה בטאנגשאן (1976)		45
8	Italian (it) Terremoto di Tangshan del 1976		44
9	Norwegian (no) Jordskjelvet i Tangshan 1976		41
10	Polish (pl) Trzęsienie ziemi w Tangshan		25

The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) 1976 Tangshan earthquake		2
2	Arabic (ar) زلزال تانغشان 1976		1
3	Indonesian (id) Gempa bumi Tangshan 1976		1
4	Korean (ko) 1976년 탕산 대지진		1
5	Azerbaijani (az) Tanşan zəlzələsi (1976)		0
6	Belarusian (be) Таншанскае землетрасенне		0
7	Bulgarian (bg) Таншанско земетресение		0
8	Catalan (ca) Terratrèmol de Tangshan de 1976		0
9	Czech (cs) Zemětřesení v Tchang-šanu		0
10	Danish (da) Jordskælvet i Tangshan 1976		0

The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

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