In September 2009, a magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck just offshore from Padang.
2009年9月巴东近海处曾爆发了7.6级的地震。
Other tremors have shaken Sumatra, including one in 2007 that killed scores in Padang.
其他地震则震动了苏门答腊岛，包括2007年发生在巴东的一场伤亡惨重的地震。
In Padang, too, many residents stayed camped outside their houses, awaiting assistance and fearing further aftershocks.
在巴东，情况一样，许多居民待在住所外搭建的帐篷里，等待救援，担心再次发生余震。
Officials say that the death toll in Padang will certainly rise, possibly into the thousands, as more bodies are found in the rubble.
官方称，随着瓦砾下找到的尸体增多，巴东当地死亡人数无疑还会上升，可能达到数千人。
Many earthquake survivors in Padang are already beginning the rebuilding process.
巴东许多地震幸存者已经开始重建。
Excavators are at work throughout the city of Padang, clearing away the wreckage caused by the earthquake.
巴东市到处都有挖掘机在工作，清除地震后的废墟。
Rescue efforts have been hampered by the disruption of electricity and telecommunication lines, which have thrown Padang into darkness.
由于电力和通讯线路中断，巴东陷入一片黑暗，救援工作也因此受阻。
A string of car showrooms along the main street - two and three storeys high, grand by Padang standards - are nothing more than rubble.
主街边上的一排汽车陈列室——两三层楼高，按照巴东的标准可算豪华——也化为废墟。
Caption: Padang, West Sumatra, Indonesia: People wait for the rescue team searching for survivors in the rubble of a collapsed building.
描述：巴东，西苏门答腊省，印度尼西亚：人们在一座倒塌的建筑物废墟上等待救援队伍搜索生还者。
As a volunteer with a local women's organization in Padang, where she lives, she has learned of a few cases of verbal and physical abuse.
她住在巴东，在一个当地的妇女组织中做志愿者，她知道一些言语和身体虐待的案例。
If that were to be the case for the Padang earthquake, the event could reduce the likelihood of a great quake at that location anytime soon.
如果巴东地震属于这种情况，那么这次地震将降低在该地区近期任何时候发生特大地震的可能性。
While most of the early attention has focused on Padang, concern was rising over the fate of towns and villages in the surrounding countryside.
人们一开始的注意力都集中在巴东，而周围城镇、村庄的命运也愈发引起人们的担忧。
A hawksbill turtle swims at its hatchery centre in Padang Kemunting Beach in Malaysia's state of Malacca in this February 8, 2007 file photograph.
一只玳瑁泅泳在马来西亚麻六甲州巴丹哥文丁海滩的孵育中心。
A city of Indonesia on northern Sumatra north-northwest of Padang. It is a shipping and trade center for an agricultural region. Population, 1, 378, 955.
棉兰印度尼西亚一城市，位于苏门塔腊半岛北部，在巴东的西北偏北处。它是一个位于农业区的船运和贸易中心。人口1,378,955。
Low-lying Padang is seen as vulnerable to a tsunami and its residents have been trained to flee to higher ground along designated routes when an alert is sounded.
地势低洼的巴东看来易受海啸袭击，当地居民已受过训练，一旦警报响起，他们就会按指定路线撤离至地势较高处。
Writing in the journal Nature Geoscience in January, the team warned that the danger of a quake greater than magnitude 8.5 remained along the segment under Padang.
这个小组一月份在《自然地球科学》杂志上发表文章警告说巴东地区下方爆发8.5级以上地震的可能性依然存在。
A week after an earthquake devastated the city of Padang and surrounding areas on the Indonesian island of Sumatra, some remote villages had still to receive help.
地震重创印度尼西亚苏门答腊岛上巴东市和附近地区后一个星期，一些遥远村庄仍在等待救援。
The earthquake had a magnitude of 7.6, according to the U.S. Geological Survey, and hit offshore 30 miles from Padang, a city of about 750, 000 on Sumatra's western coast.
美国地质调查局(U.S. Geological Survey)说，这次地震为7.6级，震中位于距巴东30英里的海上。 巴东是苏门答腊西部的沿海城市，共有约75万居民。
Effendi, a senior lecturer in anthropology at Andalas University in Padang, the regional capital of West Sumatra, hails from one of Indonesia's many distinct ethnic groups, the Minangkabau.
西苏门答腊岛首府巴东的安达拉斯大学的一位人类学资深讲师Effendi就是来自于印尼众多独特的族群中的米南卡保人。
Effendi, a senior lecturer in anthropology at Andalas University in Padang, the regional capital of West Sumatra, hails from one of Indonesia's many distinct ethnic groups, the Minangkabau.
西苏门答腊岛首府巴东的安达拉斯大学的一位人类学资深讲师Effendi就是来自于印尼众多独特的族群中的米南卡保人。
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