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Earthquake Words

地震,earthquak, quake;

里氏八级,8 on the Richter scale;

震中,epicenter;

震感,seismaesthesia, feel of the earthquake(tremor);

震源,focus (of an earthquake), seismic origin;

死亡人数,death toll;

幸存者,survivors;

受灾者,victims;

救援人员,rescue workers;

重灾区,the harder-hit area;

坠落的残骸、碎片,falling debris;

震灾,damages caused by an earthquake;

震中烈度,epicentral intensity;

震中区,epicentral area;

震区,seismic zone;

震级,earthquake magnitude

(中国日报网站)

 
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