Damaging earthquakes have occurred near Charleston, South Carolina; Boston, Massachusetts; and New Madrid, Missouri.

南卡罗来纳的查尔斯顿附近、马萨诸塞的波士顿以及密苏里的新马德里都曾发生过破坏性地震。 幸好美国在地震发生率最高的阿拉斯加州并没有设立核电站。

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Earthquake disaster reduction and prevention is a realistic measure for safeguard of future damaging earthquakes.

地震减灾与预防是目前比较切合实际的安全举措。

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However, the hidden danger was already there: Hanwang town is lying on the Longmenshan Fault, an area that has experienced damaging earthquakes in the past.

然而存在着潜在的危险。汉旺镇地处龙门山断层带，历史上曾经发生过破坏性极强的地震。

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And when they move, they can cause incredibly damaging earthquakes and tsunamis in their aftermath.

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Damaging earthquakes along faults typically recur at intervals of centuries to millennia.

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