J: have you ever been in an earthquake? M: yes, I experienced one when I was in Tokyo once. The tremors only lasted a few seconds though and then it was over. J: do you know where it measured on the Richter scale? M: I don't remember, but it wasn't v

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Experts See Closer Link Between Earthquakes and Oil Drilling 专家称地震和石油钻探关系密切 Since 2009, earthquake activity has greatly increased in the central and eastern United States. A new report from U.S. earthquake experts links dr

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April 18, 1906, California's San Andreas Fault snaps, shaking San Francisco for nearly 60 terrifying seconds .When the trembling stops, the disaster is only beginning. Gas lines rupture, setting off massive fires, some 700 people die. Most of the ci

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Alaska Continues with Earthquake Repairs The American city of Anchorage, Alaska is recovering from a powerful earthquake Friday that damaged public buildings, homes and roads. 美国阿拉斯加州安克雷奇市星期五发生强烈地震,地震造成

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A 5.1-magnitude earthquake has jolted Urumqi, the capital of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in northwest China. 昨日,在中国西北部的新疆省乌鲁木齐市发生5.1级地震。 According to the China Earthquake Networks Center, the e

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The Chinese Insurance Regulatory Commission and Finance Ministry jointly issued a catastrophe home insurance plan last Monday. 中国保监会与财政部上周一联合印发了居民住宅巨灾保险制度实施方案。 According to the plan, 45

发表于:2019-01-07 / 阅读(52) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

献给那些在地震中孤单无助的人们 不要惶恐,我会听到你内心的呼唤,无论如何,我发誓都会伴你左右 这首1997推出的单曲《我会向你走来》不愧是深情摇滚的典范:当黑夜阴沉、风雨交加,当你迷失方向、无人相伴,不需你向我求援,我自会向你走来;我发誓,无论如何,我都

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AS IT IS 2016-04-19 Survivors Sought After Ecuador, Japan Quakes厄瓜多尔和日本发生地震 幸存者搜救工作还在继续 Efforts to rescue victims continue after strong earthquakes in Ecuador and Japan killed hundreds and injured thousands

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地震提醒加州人预备应对灾难 A series of moderate earthquakes that rocked Los Angeles recently have reminded residents to be ready for a disaster. Safety experts say every household needs a plan, supplies of food and water, and emergency e

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By 6 p.m. Tuesday, four of the five blocked main roads leading to the epicenter had been cleared, making it easier for rescuers to distribute materials and transport the injured. Three days after the magnitude-6.5 quake struck Ludian county in Zhaoto

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A magnitude 7.5 earthquake rocked the country once again on Tuesday afternoon. It was followed by several strong aftershocks. The Nepalese government says 65 people have been killed, and over 1,600 injured. President Ram Baran Yadav was giving a spee

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CCTV reporter Ai Yang has also talked with Longtoushan residents, who shared their stories. I was preparing to cook around four p.m. when the ground started to shake. I was so nervous and firmly held on to a desk. But the desk fell over and so did I.

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Two days after the magnitude-6.5 quake struck Ludian town in Zhaotong city, the death toll has now climbed to 410. 12 are confirmed missing and more than 2,300 were injured. Over one million people in Ludian and neighboring counties have been affecte

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NANCHANG, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- China's first patient with the Zika virus was discharged from hospital on Sunday. China confirmed the imported Zika case on Feb. 9. The patient, a 34-year-old man from Ganxian County in Jiangxi Province, developed a feve

发表于:2019-02-04 / 阅读(82) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

Full coverage: 6.5-Magnitude Quake Hits Southwest China's Yunnan UN Chief Ban Ki-moon has offered his condolences to the Chinese government and family members of those who killed in the Yunnan earthquake. In a statement, Ban said that he is saddened

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The death toll from the 6.5-magnitude quake that rocked Southwest Chinas Yunnan Province on Sunday has risen to 589. More than 2,400 are injured and another nine are reported missing. Rescuers are risking their lives to clear roads, restore communica

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There are more rescue workers on the scene than ever, but the sense of urgency seems to have gone. It's more than 24 hours since anyone was pulled out of here alive. Police officers thought they heard a woman calling out from the ruins of a church, b

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One priority of the current rescue operation is to reach the worst-hit area of Ludian, transfer the injured to hospitals and find those people who remain missing. But damaged roads are making these efforts very difficult. Landslides caused by the qua

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The ground may feel solid, but far beneath our feet, extremely hot rock at extremely high pressure is flowing like slow, underground rivers. No one has ever seen that far into the earth, but we see the results of that movement in every earthquake and

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据美国地质勘探局地震信息网消息,此次地震震中位于萨马岛南部吉万镇以东106公里处,震源深度34.9公里,震级为7.9级。另据菲律宾火山地震研究所消息,此次地震为7.7级,震中位于萨马岛吉

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