Is the answer that, like a tall pine tree, the Japanese pagoda—with its massive trunk-like central pillar known as shinbashira—simply flexes and sways during a typhoon or earthquake?
答案会不会是这样：日本宝塔——由于有着一根叫做“塔心柱”的巨大树干状中心柱子——就像一棵高大的松树般，在一场台风或地震中仅仅只会来回摇摆和弯曲呢？
For example, in the 1800s a monstrous earthquake changed the course of the Mississippi River, a large river flowing in the central part of the United States of America.
例如，在19世纪，一场大地震改变了密西西比河，一条流经美国中部的大河的流向。
Some media reports have suggested that this earthquake might be linked to other recent events in the Pacific, implying a chain of quakes in the area that 'jumped' across central America to hit Haiti.
一些媒体报道说这次地震与太平洋最近的一些事件有关联，暗示说这一地区一连串的地震从中美地区波及到了海地。
After the earthquake of Christchurch in New Zealand, New Zealand Central Bank cut interest rate by 50 basis points, while Japan's interest rate has been zero.
新西兰基督城地震过后，新西兰央行降息50个基点，但日本利率已经为零。
Joel and Rachel Hoffman, who had been working for the charity Mennonite Central Committee in the country for four months, suffered minor injuries in the earthquake.
霍夫曼夫妇乔和瑞琪在海地的孟诺教派慈善中心工作了4个月，地震中他们只受了轻伤。
A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.6 shook central Japan early Tuesday morning, the Japan Meteorological Agency said, though major damage wasn't immediately reported.
日本气象厅(Japan Meteorological Agency)周二表示，日本中部周二早间发生强烈地震，初步确定震级为6.6级，不过尚未有重大损失报告。
Three thunderstorms are forecast to hit the earthquake-stricken areas in Sichuan, Chongqing, southern Gansu and southwestern Shaanxi, according to the Central Meteorological Observatory.
中央气象台最新实况监测显示，未来一周四川、重庆、甘肃南部、陕西西南部等地震灾区将有三次雷雨或阵雨。
A 98-year-old woman from Tempera, near L'Aquila, was dragged from the rubble alive Tuesday about 30 hours after Monday's devastating earthquake in central Italy.
在意大利中部6日发生的地震中，一名98岁老妇人被压在废墟下长达30小时后，7日成功获救。
On October 23, an earthquake measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale and striking only 13 kilometers underground rocked the central Niigata region, killing 40 people.
去年10月23日，一场发生在地面以下仅13公里处的里氏6.8级地震袭击了日本新滹市中心，造成40人丧生。
But that was before central-southern Chile was badly hit by an earthquake on February 27th.
但是，那个承诺是在二月廿七日智利中南部遭受地震严重袭击之前说的。
Days after a severe earthquake devastated central and southern Chile.
那时一场强烈地震刚刚袭击了智利的中部和南部。
From space, the earthquake was the distribution of a certain band, said the earthquake zone, mainly concentrated in the Central Pacific and the Mediterranean - the two major Himalayan seismic belt.
从空间上看，地震的分布呈一定的带状，称地震带，主要集中在环太平洋和地中海—喜马拉雅两大地震带。
A new technique developed by University of Central Florida (UCF) scientists could allow earthquake-relief workers to test water sources that could be contaminated with the cholera toxin.
据英国工程师网站theengineer.com近日报道，美国中佛罗里达大学的科学家日前研制出一种新技术，可使地震救援人员能够检测出那些可能被霍乱毒素污染的水源。
The earthquake loss distribution map of Central Asia in the forthcoming 50 years is compiled according to rational data of population and GDP distributions.
利用易得、合理可行的人口和GDP分布资料得到了中亚地区未来50年地震损失分布图。
Thousands were left homeless when an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.3 shook central Italy early Monday morning.
星期一早晨意大利中部发生地震，震级为6.3，数千计的人无家可归。
A magnitude 6 earthquake devastated several mountainous towns in central Italy early Wednesday, killing at least 267 people.
本周三早些时候，一场里氏六级地震摧毁了意大利中部几个山区城镇，造成至少267人死亡。
Rescue workers are digging through the rubbles, searching for survivors after a strong earthquake hit central Italy.
在意大利中部被强地震袭击后，营救人员正在废墟中挖掘，寻找震后的生还者。
A city of central Honshu, Japan, north-northwest of Nagoya. A manufacturing center, the city was rebuilt after a devastating earthquake and fire in 89. Population, 4,740.
日本本州岛中心的一个城市，位于名古屋的西北偏北，是一个制造中心，该城市在89年毁灭性的地震和火灾后被重建。人口4,740。
Central medical and pharmaceutical SOEs quickly organized forces to urgently provide medicine and medical instruments to earthquake-stricken areas.
中央医药企业迅速组织力量，向灾区紧急提供药品和医疗器械。
Nations around the Pacific Ocean have been pounded by tsunami waves triggered by a 8.8 magnitude earthquake in central Chile.
智利中部里氏8.8级地震发生之后，所触发的海啸巨浪击打着太平洋沿海各国家。
Much of this former capital of Spanish Central America was destroyed by the disastrous earthquake of 1773.
这个西班牙中美洲前首都的大部分被1773年的一场大地震摧毁了。
Four days after a devastating earthquake, emergency workers in central China are still pulling out survivors. At least 10 more people have been rescued.
中国中部的大地震已经过去四天了，紧急救援人员仍在搜救生还者，至少10人获救。
Rescue efforts are continuing after Monday's powerful earthquake in the central Philippines that left dozens of people dead or missing.
本周一菲律宾中部遭遇强地震袭击，造成数十人死亡或失踪，目前救援工作正在进行中。
More than 800 people were confirmed dead and hundreds more were missing after an enormous earthquake, followed by a tsunami, struck south-central Chile.
智利发生大地震，造成800多人死亡，数百人失踪。地震发生在智利中南部，并引发了海啸。
More than 800 people were confirmed dead and hundreds more were missing after an enormous earthquake, followed by a tsunami, struck south-central Chile.
智利发生大地震，造成800多人死亡，数百人失踪。地震发生在智利中南部，并引发了海啸。
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