They say the program can show the source, placement and size of several strong earthquakes within two minutes.

VOA: special.2009.03.17

It might include risks, as well, of personal liability if someone injures themselves on your property or risks of storms, of hurricanes, earthquakes, everything else; so we call it homeowners' insurance.

其中可能包括他人,在你家里受伤而引起的个人责任风险,或者住宅遭遇暴风雨,飓风,地震,或其他灾害的风险,所以我们称其为住宅保险

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Plate tectonics is the area of science that explains why the surface of the Earth changes and how those changes cause earthquakes.

VOA: special.2010.01.12

Modern instruments show that about ninety percent of all earthquakes take place along a few lines in several places around the Earth.

VOA: special.2010.01.12

Scientists are able to measure the strength and position of earthquakes because there are hundreds of seismic monitoring stations around the world.

VOA: special.2011.06.07

This could explain why Taiwan has a large number of small earthquakes, but rarely a major one.

VOA: special.2009.07.07

"Those two earthquakes really opened up a lot of new research on something called soil liquefaction,in particular.

VOA: special.2011.03.28

There are more than four thousand seismic intensity meters in place across the country to measure earthquakes.

VOA: special.2011.06.07

It is along or near this fault line that most of California's earthquakes take place, as the two tectonic plates move in different directions.

VOA: special.2011.01.04

"This exhibition represents a more mature view,if you like, one which can take account of catastrophes like earthquakes, problems at nuclear plants and tsunamis."

VOA: special.2011.04.08

Scientists believe strong earthquakes forced the bottom of the sea to rise above the water.

VOA: special.2009.01.07

Slow earthquakes are different from violent earthquakes, which happen suddenly and can be extremely destructive.

VOA: special.2009.07.07

People cannot feel slow earthquakes on the ground, and instruments like seismometers cannot measure them.

VOA: special.2009.07.07

Our subject this week is tsunamis -- the sea waves often caused by earthquakes.

VOA: special.2009.03.17

The information they gathered suggests typhoons and slow earthquakes near Taiwan are linked.

VOA: special.2009.07.07

This week,we will tell how some storms might help to prevent large earthquakes.

VOA: special.2009.07.07

Instead,slow earthquakes release their energy over a period of hours or even days.

VOA: special.2009.07.07

Volcanoes and earthquakes are among the most frightening events that nature can produce.

VOA: special.2010.01.12

Whatever the force, it was among the strongest earthquakes many people could remember.

VOA: special.2009.03.17

The equipment measured twenty slow earthquakes during the five-year observation period.

VOA: special.2009.07.07

Scientists blame strong earthquakes for eighty to ninety percent of tsunamis.

VOA: special.2009.03.17

It has been busy recording earthquakes that could produce huge waves.

VOA: special.2009.03.17

Because of volcanic activity, Alaska also has a lot of earthquakes.

VOA: special.2009.03.02

Recently,scientists reported that typhoons striking Taiwan can cause slow earthquakes.

VOA: special.2009.07.07

Other earthquakes take place at the edges of continents.

VOA: special.2010.01.12

The plates can cause earthquakes as they move.

VOA: special.2009.07.07

Earthquakes are a result of that process.

VOA: special.2010.01.12

Today,we examine the process that causes earthquakes.

VOA: special.2010.01.12

(OMITTED) He says earthquakes are natural events, but if homes were built properly, the L'Aquila quake would not have been so devastating.

VOA: standard.2010.04.06

Indonesia is on the so-called Pacific Ring of Fire where several tectonic plates meet and often cause earthquakes.

VOA: standard.2009.09.03