2013-09-26 【世界新聞快讀:巴基斯坦強震 海面震出一座島】
【世界新聞快讀:巴基斯坦強震 海面震出一座島】
Pakistan earthquake creates island off coast
內文來源:BBC NEWS
巴基斯坦當地時間星期二下午發生的地震造成200多人喪命,甚至將一座小島震出該國海面。
An earthquake which killed more than 200 people in Pakistan has created a new island off the country's coast.
發生在週二下午的地震規模7.7級,深度20公里(13英里),震央在阿瓦蘭縣的東北部。
The 7.7-magnitude quake struck on Tuesday afternoon at a depth of 20km (13 miles) north-east of Awaran.
民眾紛紛聚集在海灘上觀望這座新島嶼,根據報導指出這座島長200公尺(656英尺),寬100公尺,高20公尺。
People gathered on the beach to see the new island, which is reported to be about 200m (656ft) long, 100m wide and 20m high.
英國地質調查機構地震學家Richard Luckett表示,地震將小島震出海面的情形「非常罕見,但並非前所未聞。」
Richard Luckett, a seismologist for the British Geological Survey, said the event was "pretty unusual but certainly not unheard of".
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Earthquake | n.地震 | 音韻代碼akw |
Magnitude | n.規模 | 音韻代碼mnt |
Struck | v.襲擊(stike的過去式) | 音韻代碼t(輸入tk往上查找) |
Depth | n.深度 | 音韻代碼d(輸入dp往上查找) |
Gather | v.集合.聚集 | 音韻代碼gz |
Seismologist | n.地震學家 | 音韻代碼smlʒ |
Certainly | adv.的確.當然 | 音韻代碼stl |