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History of deadly earthquakes 

Earthquakes have claimed hundreds of thousands of lives in the last 100 years and improvements in technology have only slightly reduced the death toll.

过去的一百年里，地震一次又一次夺取无数人的生命。而科技的进步，却只能够减少一点点死亡人数。

12 May 2008:

Up to 12,000 people are killed and as many as 26,000 injured by an earthquake in just one county in China's south-western Sichuan province, state media say.

The tremor, measuring 7.8, hit 92km (57 miles) from the provincial capital Chengdu during the early afternoon.

2008年5月12日。截至目前，中国四川汶川地震已经造成12000人死亡，26000人受伤。里氏7.8级大地震发生在下午两点，距离震中92公里外的四川省会成都市也难以幸免于难。

15 August 2007:

At least 519 people are killed in Peru's coastal province of Ica, as a 7.90-magnitude undersea earthquake strikes about 145km (90 miles) south-east of the capital, Lima.

2007年8月15日，秘鲁南部伊卡省发生里氏7.9级海底地震，震波袭击145公里外的首都利马，519人在地震中丧生。

17 July 2006:

A 7.7 magnitude undersea earthquake triggers a tsunami that strikes a 200km (125-mile) stretch of the southern coast of Java, killing more than 650 people on the Indonesian island.

2006年7月17日，印尼爪哇岛遭受里氏7.7级海底地震，伴随海啸，超过650人遇难。

27 May 2006:

More than 5,700 people die when a magnitude 6.2 quake hits the Indonesian island of Java, devastating the city of Yogyakarta and surrounding areas.

2006年5月27日印尼爪哇岛发生里氏6.2级地震，5700人遇难，日惹市和周边地区大批建筑受毁。

1 April 2006:

Seventy people are killed and some 1,200 injured when an earthquake measuring 6.0 strikes a remote region of western Iran.

2006年4月1日，伊朗西部边远地区发生里氏6.0级地震，70人死亡，1200人受伤。

8 October 2005:

An earthquake measuring 7.6 strikes northern Pakistan and the disputed Kashmir region, killing more than 73,000 people and leaving millions homeless.

2005年8月8日，巴基斯坦北部和克什米尔地区发生里氏7.6级地震，73000人遇难，百万人口无家可归。

28 March 2005:

About 1,300 people are killed in an 8.7 magnitude quake off the coast of the Indonesian island of Nias, west of Sumatra.

2005年3月28日，印尼苏门答腊岛西部海域发生里氏8.7级地震，尼亚斯岛1300人丧生。

22 February 2005:

Hundreds die in a 6.4 magnitude quake centred in a remote area near Zarand in Iran's Kerman province.

2005年2月22日，伊朗南部克尔曼省发生里氏6.4级地震，超过六百人身亡。

26 December 2004:

Hundreds of thousands are killed across Asia when an earthquake measuring 8.9 triggers sea surges that spread across the region.

2004年12月26日，印尼发生里氏8.9级地震，亚洲死伤无数。

24 February 2004:

At least 500 people die in an earthquake which strikes towns on Morocco's Mediterranean coast.

2004年2月24日，摩洛哥地中海沿岸地区发生地震，至少500人丧生。

26 December 2003:

More than 26,000 people are killed when an earthquake destroys the historic city of Bam in southern Iran.

2003年12月26日，伊朗南部历史名城巴姆发生地震，超过26000人丧生。

21 May 2003:

Algeria suffers its worst earthquake in more than two decades. More than 2,000 people die and more than 8,000 are injured in a quake felt across the sea in Spain.

2003年5月21日，西班牙海域发生地震，阿尔及利亚遭遇二十年来最严重震灾。超过2000人丧生，8000人受伤。

1 May 2003:

More than 160 people are killed, including 83 children in a collapsed dormitory, in south-eastern Turkey.

 

2003年5月1日，土耳其西南部一所宿舍在地震中坍塌，超过160人死亡，其中包括83名儿童。

24 February 2003:

More than 260 people die and almost 10,000 homes are destroyed in Xinjiang region, in western China.

2003年2月24日，中国新疆发生地震，死亡人数超过260人，一万家园被毁。

31 October 2002:

Italy is traumatised by the loss of an entire class of children, killed in the southern village of San Giuliano di Puglia when their school building collapses on them.

2002年10月31日，意大利发生地震，一所学校校舍坍塌，一整班儿童遇难。

26 January 2001:

An earthquake measuring magnitude 7.9 devastates much of Gujarat state in north-western India, killing nearly 20,000 people and making more than a million homeless. Bhuj and Ahmedabad are among the towns worst hit.

2001年1月26日，印度古杰拉特发生里氏7.9级地震，近20000人死亡，百万人口流离失所。

12 November 1999:

Around 400 people die when an earthquake measuring 7.2 on the Richter scale strikes Ducze, in north-west Turkey.

1999年11月12日土耳其西北部迪兹杰城地区发生里氏7.2级地震，400人遇难。

21 September 1999:

Taiwan is hit by a quake measuring 7.6 that kills nearly 2,500 people and causes damage to every town on the island.

1999年9月21日，台湾岛发生里氏7.6级地震，2500人死亡，岛上所有城镇均遭破坏。

17 August 1999:

An magnitude 7.4 earthquake rocks the Turkish cities of Izmit and Istanbul, leaving more than 17,000 dead and many more injured.

1999年8月17日，土耳其发生里氏7.4级地震，17000人死亡。

30 May 1998:

Northern Afghanistan is hit by a major earthquake, killing 4,000 people.

1998年5月30日，阿富汗北部地区发生地震，4000人丧生。

May 1997:

More than 1,600 killed in Birjand, eastern Iran, in an earthquake of magnitude 7.1.

1997年5月，伊朗东部发生7.1级地震，1600余人丧生。

27 May 1995:

The far eastern island of Sakhalin is hit by a massive earthquake, measuring 7.5, which claims the lives of 1,989 Russians.

1995年5月27日，俄库页岛发生7.5级地震，1989人丧生。

17 January 1995:

The Hyogo quake hits the city of Kobe in Japan, killing 6,430 people.

1995年1月17日，日本神户发生地震，6430人丧生。

30 September 1993:

About 10,000 villagers are killed in western and southern India.

1993年9月30日，印度西南部地区10000村民在地震中丧生。

21 June 1990:

Around 40,000 people die in a tremor in the northern Iranian province of Gilan.

1990年6月21日，伊朗吉兰发生地震，40000人丧生。

7 December 1988:

An earthquake measuring 6.9 on the Richter scale devastates north-west Armenia, killing 25,000 people.

1988年12月7日，亚美尼亚西北部发生里氏6.9级地震，25000人丧生。

19 September 1985:

Mexico City is shaken by a huge earthquake which razes buildings and kills 10,000 people.

1985年9月19日，墨西哥城遭遇强力地震，大楼夷为平地，10000人丧生。

28 July 1976:

The Chinese city of Tangshan is reduced to rubble in a quake that claims at least 250,000 lives.

1976年7月28日，中国城市唐山发生大地震，全市夷为平地，至少250000人丧生。

23 December 1972:

Up to 10,000 people are killed in the Nicaraguan capital Managua by an earthquake that measures 6.5 on the Richter scale. The devastation caused by the earthquake was blamed on badly built high-rise buildings that easily collapsed.

1972年12月23日，尼加拉瓜首都马纳瓜发生里氏6.5级地震，10000人死亡。质量不过关的烂尾楼使地震损失加倍。

31 May 1970:

An earthquake high in the Peruvian Andes triggers a landslide burying the town of Yungay and killing 66,000 people.

1970年5月31日，秘鲁发生地震，山体滑坡，淹没云盖镇，66000人死亡。

26 July 1963:

An earthquake measuring 6.9 on the Richter scale strikes the Macedonian capital of Skopje killing 1,000 and leaving 100,000 homeless.

1963年7月26日，马其顿首都斯科普里发生里氏6.9级地震，1000人死亡，十万人无家可归。

 

22 May 1960:

The world's strongest recorded earthquake devastates Chile, with a reading of 9.5 on the Richter scale. A tsunami 30ft (10m) high eliminates entire villages in Chile and kills 61 hundreds of miles away in Hawaii.

1960年5月22日，智利发生全球最强烈的9.5级地震。十米高的海啸冲向智利村镇，数百英里外的夏威夷岛死亡61人。

1 September 1923:

The Great Kanto earthquake, with its epicentre just outside Tokyo, claims the lives of 142,800 people in the Japanese capital.

1923年9月1日，以东京周边为震中发生的关东地震中，142800东京人丧生。

18 April 1906:

San Francisco is hit by a series of violent shocks which last up to a minute. Between 700 and 3,000 people die either from collapsing buildings or in the subsequent fire.

1906年4月18日， 美国旧金山发生8.3级地震，一分钟之内发生一系列事故，700-3000人死于楼房坍塌或者火灾。

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