"A tsunami is a series of waves and the first wave may not be the largest," said a bulletin from the Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre.
太平洋海啸预警中心的公告称,“海啸是一系列的波浪,第一波并不一定是最大的。”
The tsunami warning was subsequently cancelled at 23:45 UTC.
后来在世界标准时间23点45分,海啸预警被取消。
Tsunami warning signs and large seawalls line the Japanese coast.
日本沿海筑有长长的大型的防浪墙,海啸警报信号标志也到处可见。
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre issued an alert but later cancelled it.
太平洋海啸警报中心发布了海啸预警但随后又被撤销。
The Pacific tsunami Warning Center canceled a tsunami alert issued earlier for the region.
太平洋海啸警报中心取消了此前向该地区发布的海啸警报。
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said there was no threat of a destructive widespread tsunami.
太平洋海啸预警中心称,没有发生破坏性的广泛海啸的危险。
That tragedy prompted the introduction of the Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System.
印度洋海啸的悲剧促使人们建立了印度洋海啸报警和减灾系统。
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center says it was located too far inland to create a destructive wave.
太平洋海啸预警中心称此次震中位于内陆,不会造成破坏性海啸的发生。
Outside people started to head for the hills as the national emergency office issued a tsunami warning.
国家紧急办事处发布海啸预警,屋外的人们都开始奔向山坡。
COSTAS SYNOLAKIS: "Japan is one of those most well-prepared countries on earth in terms of tsunami warning."
COSTASSYNOLAKIS:“日本是世界上在海啸预警方面准备最为充分的国家之一。”
A tsunami warning after a smaller earthquake, only two days earlier, had turned up waves only 60 centimetres high.
因为两日前才发生了一次小地震,地震激起的海啸仅六十厘米高。
However, an initial tsunami warning was issued for local coasts within 100 kilometres of the epicentre at 22:03 UTC.
但是,在世界标准时间22点03分,一个初级海啸预警针对震中方圆100公里的沿海地区发布。
Hiromaru Sasazaki was at his fishing-tackle shop by the beach in Rikuzentakata when the the tsunami warning sounded.
海啸警报响起时,广间巢世坂正在他开在岩手县沙滩边的渔具店里。
The earthquake’s magnitude was not enough to trigger a tsunami warning, the country’s Central Weather Bureau said.
国家气象中心工作人员Bureau说此次地震强度不会引发海啸。
He added: "Complete and utter choas on the streets.".. no power... my heart is beating outta my chest!... tsunami warning!
他补充:“街道上完全彻底的混乱…没有电力.” .我的心击打我的胸!
An expensive tsunami warning system either came to late or did not reach communities at risk after Monday's quake in Indonesia.
周一印度尼西亚地震后,代价不菲的海啸预警机制要么是不够及时,要么是达不到社会应急需求。
Indonesian authorities, issued a tsunami warning after the jolt, which sent thousands of residents fleeing their homes in panic.
印尼官方在震动之后发布了一个海啸预警,使成千上万居民匆忙逃离开家。
At the Pacific tsunami Warning Center, David Walsh, an oceanographer, said the earthquake created a 23-foot-high tsunami in Japan.
在太平洋海啸预警中心,海洋学家大卫·沃尔什称,这次地震在日本造成了23英尺高的海啸。
“Tsunamis are rare events,” said Paul Huang, a seismologist with the tsunami warning center. “And calibrating the big events is hard.
“海啸属于小概率偶发事件,”海啸警报中心地震学家PaulHuang说,“而校定大型事件又很难。
On Wednesday, 20 countries participated in a major Indian Ocean-wide tsunami drill aimed at testing a new tsunami warning system.
本星期三,20个国家参与了一项涵盖印度洋海啸演习,宗旨在测验一项新的海啸预警系统。
The Pacific tsunami warning centre in Hawaii issued a tsunami warning soon after the quake struck, but withdrew it about 30 minutes later.
位于夏威夷的太平洋海啸中心在地震后马上发布了海啸警告,但是在大约30分钟后解除。
As soon as [the 2004] tsunami happened and people saw the devastation, Congress authorized money for improving the tsunami warning system.
2004年的东南亚海啸让所有人都见识到了它的破坏性,于是国会拨款对海啸预警系统实施改进。
We have been around since 1949, and then for the first several years of existence of the tsunami warning system it was just to warn Hawaii.
布莱恩·希罗:从1949年我们就开始建立海啸预警系统,先期建立的预警系统主要是针对夏威夷。
We have been around since 1949, and then for the first several years of existence of the tsunami warning system it was just to warn Hawaii.
布莱恩·希罗:从1949年我们就开始建立海啸预警系统,先期建立的预警系统主要是针对夏威夷。
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