What to do in an earthquake
地震——大自然最具破壞力的災(zāi)難
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TWO weeks ago | | 兩周前,江西省瑞昌市遭遇了一場(chǎng)里氏5點(diǎn)7級(jí)的地震,有18人喪生,數(shù)百人無(wú)家可歸。 |
Earthquakes are one of the most deadly natural disasters in the world. They happen more frequently than you would expect. | | 地震是地球上最具毀滅性的自然災(zāi)害之一。它的發(fā)生比你想象的要更頻繁。 |
In the 24 hours after you read this, 400 to 500 earthquakes will shake the earth. You won't notice most of them because you live in a relatively stable area or the quake is too far away or because the quake will be too small to notice. | | 就在你讀到本文之后的24小時(shí)之內(nèi),地球上就會(huì)發(fā)生400到500次地震。大多數(shù)地震你不會(huì)注意到,原因在于,你居住的地區(qū)相對(duì)來(lái)說(shuō)比較平穩(wěn),或者你距地震很遠(yuǎn),或者地震太小而注意不到。 |
Earthquakes are caused by sudden breaks in rock masses deep in the earth. Rock masses are always under very high pressure. If the pressure in a certain area become too much and the rock masses break, an earthquake happens. But exactly when the rock masses reach the breaking point is a mystery. | | 地震是由于地球深層的巖層突然斷裂而引發(fā)的。巖層長(zhǎng)期處于地應(yīng)力的作用下。如果某處的地應(yīng)力太強(qiáng)使巖層斷裂,就會(huì)發(fā)生地震。但是,巖層承受的最強(qiáng)地應(yīng)力究竟是多少,卻仍然未知。 |
| | 中國(guó)處于亞歐板塊,這是板塊之間互相撞擊的區(qū)域,因此地震活動(dòng)頻繁??茖W(xué)調(diào)查顯示,在過(guò)去的44年中,中國(guó)一共發(fā)生了17139多起地震。 |
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