3月11日袭击日本东北部沿海的巨大地震与海啸破坏了核电站的冷却系统。
The huge earthquake and tsunami that ravaged Japan's north-eastern coast on March 11 knocked out the plant's cooling systems.
上周五（3月11日）袭击日本东北部的巨大地震使地球每日时长略有缩短，还改变了全球的品质分布。
The massive earthquake that struck northeast Japan Friday (March 11) has shortened the length of Earth's day by a fraction and shifted how the planet's mass is distributed.
“此次地震对我们是一次教训，”艾米尔欧卡尔说，他是伊利诺伊州伊万斯顿西北大学的一名地球物理学家，她的研究领域是巨大地震和巨大海啸。
"This earthquake is a lesson in humility," says Emile Okal, a geophysicist at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, who studies great earthquakes and tsunamis.
在发生巨大地震的情况下，地震捕手网络可能能够为震中(epicenter)附近的地区提供几秒钟的预警时间。
In the event of a huge quake, the network could potentially give areas miles away from the epicenter a few seconds of warning.
巨大地震毁坏(破坏)了希腊的美丽的宫殿。
希腊未预料到吞没巨大地震。
当我写着这篇文章的时候，一次5.4巨大地震击中了菲律宾。
While I am writing this article, a 5.4 magnitude earthquake have hit the Philippines.
还是让我们来深入了解这场地震吧，就在上周五袭击日本东北部的巨大地震，使地球每日时长略有缩短，还改变了全球的质量分布。
The massive earthquake that struck northeast Japan Friday has shortened the length of Earth's day by a fraction and shifted how the planet's mass is distributed.
首先是再多一些的地球运动，其中包括我们许诺过的那次巨大地震。
First some more earth movements amongst which may very well be that mammoth one we promised would occur.
首先是再多一些的地球运动，其中包括我们许诺过的那次巨大地震。
First some more earth movements amongst which may very well be that mammoth one we promised would occur.
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