A nationwide effort to reinforce buildings to meet earthquake standards could mean spending many billions of dollars more, some economists say.

一些经济学家指出，提高建筑物抗震标准的全国性行动意味着国家需为此多拿出数十亿美元的经费。

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Yet the full response to the earthquake could be even larger: many Chinese say the damage from the disaster was exacerbated by low standards and shoddy construction work in many buildings.

然而地震引发的余波还不止这些：很多中国人说，地震造成的损失程度由于许多建筑物的低标准和低质量而被扩大了。

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Although it was stronger than any earthquake in the continental United States since the Great San Francisco earthquake of 1906 (magnitude 7.8), it was modest by Indonesian standards.

虽然除了1906年旧金山7.8级大地震外，美国本土还没有发生过比这更强烈的地震；但在印度尼西亚，这只能算是中等强度的了。

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