Food prices have remained stable throughout China despite the devastation of the 8-magnitude earthquake that jolted Sichuan province on May 12, official figures show.

官方预计，尽管经过了5.12八级四川大地震的破坏，食品价格自始至终保持稳定。

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"We think that the longest sections of the faults that can rupture are equivalent to a magnitude-8 earthquake," says Allen.

“我们认为地块可能断裂的最长区段往往是遭受8级地震的地区，”艾伦说。

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June 7, 2006-on October 8, 2005, a 7.6 magnitude earthquake struck the Himalayan region of Pakistan, killing 73,000 Pakistanis, injuring 70,000, and leaving 2.8 million without shelter.

2006年6月8月—2005年10月8日，巴基斯坦的喜马拉雅山地区发生了7.6级的地震，导致73,000巴基斯坦人死亡，70,000人受伤，280万人无家可归。

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By their reckoning, there was a 99% chance of an earthquake of magnitude 8.0 occurring off the Miyagi coast, and a 90% chance of one off Ibaraki prefecture, within the next 30 years.

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