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Chile quake in 'elite class' like 2004 Asian quake Date: 2010-03-02
专家 zhuān jiā 智利 zhì lì 地震 dì zhèn 百年 bǎi nián 超级 chāo jí 地震 dì zhèn  
 
A boy stands amid the rubble of his home after a major earthquake in Santiago February 27, 2010. Chile has called of next week's double bill of friendlies against Costa Rica and North Korea after the massive earthquake which hit the country.(Agencies)
 
Get Flash Player 智利 zhì lì 附近 fù jìn 海域 hǎi yù 日前 rì qián 遭遇 zāo yù 大地震 dà dì zhèn 专家 zhuān jiā 介绍 jiè shào 次地震 cì dì zhèn 属于 shǔ yú 超级 chāo jí 大地震 dà dì zhèn 中的 zhòng dì 顶尖级 dǐng jiān jí bié 2004 nián chǎng 引发 yǐn fā 致命 zhì mìng 海啸 hǎi xiào de 印度洋 yìn dù yáng 地震 dì zhèn 不相上下 bù xiāng shàng xià
 
The huge earthquake that struck off the coast of Chile belongs to an "elite class" of mega earthquakes, experts said, and is similar to the 2004 Indian Ocean temblor that triggered deadly tsunami waves. 智利 zhì lì 生的 shēng de zhè (zhèi) chǎng 里氏 lǐ shì 8.8 大地震 dà dì zhèn 属于 shǔ yú 大逆 dà nì chōng xíng 地震 dì zhèn 只有 zhǐ yǒu dāng 一个 yí gè 地壳 dì qiào 板块 bǎn kuài 俯冲 fǔ chōng zhì 另一 lìng yī 板块 bǎn kuài de xià fāng shí cái huì 发生 fā shēng 被认为是 bèi rèn wéi shì 地球 dì qiú shàng 威力 wēi lì zuì 强的 qiǎng 地震 dì zhèn 美国 měi guó 地质 dì zhì 调查 diào chá 国家 guó jiā 地震 dì zhèn 信息 xìn xī 中心 zhōng xīn 统计 tǒng jì 上周 shàng zhōu liù 发生 fā shēng 智利 zhì lì de 地震 dì zhèn 释放 shì fàng le 大约 dà yuē 500 亿 dūn 能量 néng liàng 而且 ér qiě 造成 zào chéng yuē 340 英里 yīng lǐ 长的 cháng de 断层 duàn céng dài 破裂 pò liè
 
The magnitude-8.8 quake was a type called a "megathrust," considered the most powerful earthquake on the planet. Megathrusts occur when one tectonic plate dives beneath another. Saturday's tremor unleashed about 50 gigatons of energy and broke about 340 miles of the fault zone, according to the US Geological Survey's National Earthquake Information Center. 此次 cǐ cì 地震的 dì zhèn de 震中 zhèn zhōng 位于 wèi yú 海上 hǎi shàng 位于 wèi yú shǐ shàng 规模 guī mó 最大的 zuì dà de 发生 fā shēng 1960 nián de 智利 zhì lì 9.5 地震的 dì zhèn de 震中 zhèn zhōng běi 140 英里 yīng lǐ chù zhè (zhèi) 场地 chǎng dì zhèn 造成 zào chéng yuē 1600 rén 遇难 yù nàn bìng 造成 zào chéng 太平洋 tài píng yáng 海域 hǎi yù de 很多 hěn duō rén 丧生 sàng shēng
 
The quake's epicenter was offshore and occurred about 140 miles north of the largest earthquake ever recorded — a magnitude-9.5 that killed about 1,600 people in Chile and scores of others in the Pacific in 1960. 美国 měi guó 地质 dì zhì 调查 diào chá de 地质学家 dì zhì xué jiā 布莱 bù lái ēn ē shuō :“ zhè (zhèi) 场地 chǎng dì zhèn 属于 shǔ yú 超级 chāo jí 大地震 dà dì zhèn 中的 zhòng dì 顶尖 dǐng jiān 等级 děng jí
 
"It's part of an elite class of giant earthquakes," said USGS geologist Brian Atwater. 如果 rú guǒ 按照 àn zhào 震级 zhènjí lái 划分 huà fēn zhè (zhèi) 次地震 cì dì zhèn jiāng 1906 nián 发生 fā shēng 厄瓜多尔 è guā duō ěr 附近 fù jìn 海域 hǎi yù de 地震 dì zhèn 并列 bìng liè wèi 1900 年以来 nián yǐ lái de 第五 dì wǔ 大地震 dà dì zhèn
 
If the magnitude holds, it will tie with the 1906 offshore Ecuador quake as the fifth largest since 1900. 美国 měi guó 地质 dì zhì 调查 diào chá de 地球物理学 dì qiú wù lǐ xué jiā kěn shuō :“ 我们 wǒ men chèn 它们 tā men wèi 超级 chāo jí 地震 dì zhèn 它们的 tā men de 力量 lì liang 十分 shí fēn 可怕 kě pà 这种 zhè zhǒng 别的 bié de 地震 dì zhèn 不是 bú shì 很多 hěn duō
 
"We call them great earthquakes. Everybody else calls them horrible," said USGS geophysicist Ken Hudnut. "There's only a few in this league." 2004 nián 苏门答腊 sū mén dá là dǎo 生的 shēng de 里氏 lǐ shì 9.1 地震 dì zhèn 相比 xiāng bǐ 此次 cǐ cì 智利 zhì lì 地震的 dì zhèn de 规模 guī mó 相对 xiāng duì jiǎo xiǎo 估计 gū jì 破坏 pò huài xìng xiāng shèn yuǎn 2004 nián de 苏门答腊 sū mén dá là dǎo 地震 dì zhèn 及其 jí qí 引发 yǐn fā de 海啸 hǎi xiào 导致 dǎo zhì 23 wàn rén 丧生 sàng shēng lìng 一个 yí gè 区别 qū bié 在于 zài yú 提前 tí qián shǔ 小时 xiǎo shí 发布 fā bù de 海啸 hǎi xiào 预警 yù jǐng ràng 夏威夷 xià wēi yí 太平洋 tài píng yáng 岛屿 dǎo yǔ de 居民 jū mín yǒu le 充分的 chōng fèn de 逃命 táomìng 时间 shí jiān
 
The Chile quake was smaller than the Sumatra quake of 2004, a magnitude-9.1 and was not expected to be anything nearly as destructive. That quake and ensuing tsunami killed 230,000 people. Another difference is that the Chile quake triggered tsunami warnings hours ahead of time in Hawaii and Pacific islands, allowing people time to flee to higher ground. ér 2004 nián 由于 yóu yú 勘测 kān cè 技术 jì shù 有限 yǒu xiàn 无法 wú fǎ xiàng 印度洋 yìn dù yáng 国家 guó jiā 发出 fā chū 大规模 dà guī mó 海啸 hǎi xiào 袭击 xí jī de 预警 yù jǐng
 
In 2004, there was little measuring technology in place to warn Indian Ocean countries about incoming killer waves. 当天 dàng tiān 智利 zhì lì hái 发生 fā shēng le 100 多次 duō cì 里氏 lǐ shì 5 huò 更大 gèng dà 别的 bié de 余震 yú zhèn 截至 jié zhì 目前 mù qián 地震 dì zhèn 死亡人数 sǐ wáng rén shù 超过 chāo guò 300 ér zhè (zhèi) 数字 shù zì hái 有可能 yǒu kě néng huì 继续 jì xù 上升 shàng shēng 地震 dì zhèn 引发 yǐn fā de 海啸 hǎi xiào hái 席卷 xí juǎn le 智利 zhì lì 附近 fù jìn 海域 hǎi yù de 一个 yí gè 岛屿 dǎo yǔ 造成 zào chéng shǔ rén 死亡 sǐ wáng
 
More than 100 aftershocks measuring magnitude-5 or larger rattled Chile throughout the day. So far, the quake death toll has surpassed 300 — a number that will likely rise. Several more died when tsunami waves swamped an island off the country's coast. 智利 zhì lì shì 大地震 dà dì zhèn duō de 国家 guó jiā 美国 měi guó 地质 dì zhì 调查 diào chá 地球物理学 dì qiú wù lǐ xué jiā 罗斯 luó sī tǎn chèn wèi 地震 dì zhèn 孵化 fū huà 1973 年以来 nián yǐ lái 智利 zhì lì gòng 发生 fā shēng le 13 里氏 lǐ shì 7 huò gèng 高级 gāo jí 别的 bié de 地震 dì zhèn
 
Chile is no stranger to violent jolts. In fact, USGS geophysicist Ross Stein called the country an "earthquake hatchery." Thirteen temblors of magnitude 7 or larger have hit Chile since 1973. 相关 xiāng guān 阅读 yuè dú
 
(Read by Renee Haines. Renee Haines is a multimedia journalist at the China Daily Web site.) 中国日报 zhōng guó rì bào wǎng 英语 yīng yǔ diǎn jīn   Julie 编辑 biān jí cài shān shān
 

来源: 中国日报英语,英语点津


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