地震烈度表

On Monday, an earthquake in China measuring 7.9 on the Richter scale occurred along a fault where south Asia pushes against the Eurasian Landmass, smashing the Sichuan Plain into mountains, leading to the Tibetan highlands. In 1989, the Loma Prieta

发表于:2018-12-30 / 阅读(37) / 评论(0) 分类 国家地理2008年

A strong earthquake hit the Solomon Islands on Wednesday. It was 8.0 on the Richter scale and was followed 40 minutes later by a 7.0 earthquake. This was only 10km deep. There was a small tsunami about 1.5 metres high which killed some elderly people

发表于:2018-12-31 / 阅读(30) / 评论(0) 分类 新西兰英语

By Brian Wagner Miami 16 August 2007 Rescue workers in Peru are searching for survivors in the rubble of an earthquake that killed at least 450 people. In Miami, VOA's Brian Wagner reports the quake toppled buildings and homes south of the capital. I

发表于:2019-01-19 / 阅读(95) / 评论(0) 分类 2007年VOA标准英语(八月)

The earthquake on Wednesday night surprisingly caused very little damage. It was a big earthquake, 7.8 on the Richter scale. This is the biggest earthquake recorded this year anywhere in the world. However, it was in a very isolated part of New Zeala

发表于:2019-02-19 / 阅读(38) / 评论(0) 分类 新西兰英语

The Feb 22nd earthquake in Christchurch was 6.3 on the Richter scale yet it did much more damage than the 7.1 earthquake on Sept 4th 2010. There are several reasons for this but the main ones are the depth of the epi-centre and the distance from the

发表于:2019-03-09 / 阅读(199) / 评论(0) 分类 新西兰英语

Here are some facts about the earthquake which struck the Canterbury region on Saturday. It measured 7.1 on the Richter scale. At first we were told it was 7.4. That would mean nearly three times stronger. Each 0.2 means double the strength. On avera

发表于:2019-03-13 / 阅读(169) / 评论(0) 分类 新西兰英语