1Preface to the special issue in commemoration of the 40th anniversary of the 1976 Tangshan earthquakeXu Zhonghuai, Zheng Sihua, Wang Chunyong509-5102Exploration on the deep tectonic environment of strong earthquakes in North China and relevant research findingsWang Chunyong, Duan Yonghong, Wu Qingju, Wang ZhishuoReview511-5493A review on the characteristics of Chinese strong ground motion recordingsWen RuizhiReview550-5634Discussion on scientific and practical problems of feasibility of earthquake predictionZhang Zhaocheng, Zhang WeiReview564-5795A possible mechanism of Omori-Utsu's law through an example of the great Tangshan earthquakeHu Caibo, Cai YongenResearch paper580-5896The periodic and aperiodic slip during earthquake faulting and aseismic faulting slip: 1D fault model analysisXie Mengyu, Shi BaopingResearch paper590-6087Coseismic and contemporary deformation features of the MS7.8 Tangshan earthquake in 1976Wu Yanqiang, Huang Liren, Chen Changyun, Zhu Shuang, Jin Tao, Liu XinzhongResearch paper609-6178Relationship between seismicity and crustal thermal structure in North ChinaWang Jian, Li Chunfeng, Lei Jianshe, Zhang GuangweiResearch paper618-6319Seismogenic fault segmentation of Tangshan earthquake sequence derived from focal mechanism solutionsYang Yaqiong, Wang Xiaoshan, Wan Yongge, Sheng Shuzhong, Chen TingResearch paper632-64310Investigation on Zhaotan site in NW-trending ground fissure zone of 1976 MS7.8 Tangshan earthquake in Laoting-Luannan regionGuo Hui, Jiang Wali, Xie XinshengResearch paper644-65511Strong earthquake activity all over the world and strong-moderate earthquake activity within and near China (March-April, 2016)Chen PeishanResearch paper656-65712@@后插1