CNN報導的地震（中英文）

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Strong China quake rattles east Asia
An earthquake capable of causing major damage shook central China on Monday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
據美國地質局消息，周一在中國中部地區發生具有重大破壞能力的強烈地震。
People gather outside on a street in Beijing, China, shortly after Monday's earthquake.
在中國北京，人們在周一地震之后聚集在戶外的街道上。

It registered a magnitude of 7.5, the survey said.
消息稱本次地震震級達到7.5級。
Two more earthquakes -- measuring 6.0 and 5.4 magnitudes -- happened nearby over the next hour, the USGS reported.
美國地質局報道在強震發生之后的一個小時內同時發生了震級分別為6.0和5.4級的地震。
China's state-run CCTV reported no serious damage in Chengdu, a city of more than 10 million that is about 60 miles from the epicenter, in the eastern part of China's Sichuan province.
據中國中央電視臺報道，地震沒有對成都造成嚴重的破壞。（成都市位于中國四川東部地區，距離地震中心大概60公里，有1千多萬人口。）
"This is a very dangerous earthquake," said Bruce Presgrave, a geophysicist with the U.S. Geological Survey.
美國地質局地質學家-布魯斯·普賴斯格雷夫稱：“這是一個非常危險的地震。”
The quake has the potential to cause major damage because of its strength and proximity to major population centers, he said. In addition, the earthquake was relatively shallow, Presgrave said, and those kinds of quakes tend to do more damage near the epicenter than deeper ones.
普賴斯格雷夫稱，這次地震有可能造成重大的破壞，因為這次地震震級高、同時又臨近人口密集的中心城市。而且這次地震震核較淺，一般來說震核淺的地震會比震核深的地震對震中附近地區造成更多破壞，他補充到。
The ground shook as far away as Beijing, which is 950 miles (1,528km) from the epicenter. They felt "a very quiet rolling sensation" that lasted for about a minute, according to CNN correspondent John Vause.
在離震中1528公里的北京也感到了地面震動。CNN記者約翰·福爾斯稱，人們感覺到了持續約1分鐘左右的震動感。
"Our building began to sway," he said.
“建筑物發生了搖擺”，他說。
Thousands of people were evacuated from Beijing high rises immediately after the earthquake.
地震后，數以千計的人們從高樓中疏散。
The first earthquake happened at 2:28 p.m. local time (2:28 a.m. ET), the USGS said.
美國地質局稱第一次地震發生在當地時間下午2：28分。
The earthquake was also felt in Hong Kong, Shanghai, Taiwan, and as far away as Hanoi, Vietnam, and Bangkok, Thailand, according to the Hong Kong-based Mandarin-language channel Phoenix TV.
同時據香港的鳳凰衛視報道，在香港、上海、臺灣已經遠在越南的河內、泰國曼谷都有震感。



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中新網5月12日電 據國家地震臺網測定，北京時間5月12日14時28分，在四川汶川縣(北緯31度，東經103.4度)發生7.6級地震(編者注：據央視最新消息，地震震級為7.8級)。

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