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  英语,写一篇关于雅安地震的短文

  英语,写一篇关于雅安地震的短文

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2020-08-3110:45
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  Ya'anearthquakelessdisastrousthanWenchuandisaster:expert

  BEIJING,April20(Xinhua)--The7.0-magnitudeearthquakejoltingYa'anCityinsouthwestChina'sSichuanProvinceSaturdaymorningisexpectedtocauselesslossesthantheWenchuandisasterinthesameprovincefiveyearsago,anexperthaspredicted.

  TheYa'anquakehasresultedinseriouscasualtiesandeconomiclosses,butitisnotexpectedtobeasdisastrousasthe8.0-magnitudeWenchuanquakethatleft87,000deadormissinginMay2008,saidPanHuaiwen,directoroftheChinaEarthquakeNetworksCenter(CENC).

  TheChinaEarthquakeAdministrationsaidSaturdayafternoonthat71peoplewerekilledintheYa'anquake.

  Possibilitiesofaftershocksstrongerthan7.0-magnitudearesmall,hesaid.

  ButPanwarnedofaftershocksandsecondarydisasters,includinglandslides,mud-rockflows,andthecollapseofcavesandriverbanks.

  Atotalof264aftershockshadbeenmonitoredasof12p.m.,twoofwhichwereabove5.0-magnitude,accordingtotheCENC.

  Theepicenterofthe7.0magnitudequake,withadepthof13km,wasmonitoredat30.3degreesnorthlatitudeand103.0degreeseastlongitude.

  JiangHaikun,anofficialwiththeCENC'sforecastingdepartment,saidtheYa'anquakeresemblesthatoftheWenchuandisaster,asbothearthquakeswereformedinasimilarway,occurringontheLongmenmountainfaultzone.

  Earthquakesonthis500-kmbeltarenotfrequent,butverypowerful.Twelvequakesabove5.0-magnitudehaveoccurredsince1900,includingWenchuanasthemostpowerfulone,Jiangsaid.

  TheYa'anquakewasnotanaftershockoftheWenchuanearthquake,hesaid.

  Ya'anhasapopulationof1.53millionandisknownasthehometownofthegiantpanda.Itisabout140kilometersawayfromtheprovincialcapitalChengduCityandabout250kmfromWenchuanCounty.

2020-08-31 10:49:06
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