People are constantly aware of the potential of an earthquake creating damage and creating dangerous conditions.

我们都知道地震可能带来的损失和危险。

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As the full affects of the earthquake are being felt in Japan, so it is focusing people's attention upon it due to the vast damage, loss of life and potential for even more after shocks.

由于大地震的全面影响已经在日本被感受到了，所以这在警醒人们去注意它造成的巨大伤害，生命的损失和更长远的潜在性的伤害。

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The research of physical measure of seismic intensity is a history and basic subject and the study of damage potential of earthquake ground motion has been worked on for more than one hundred years.

地震烈度物理标准是一个具有悠久历史的基础性的研究课题，由它引发出的地震动破坏势研究也已开展了一百多年。

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The human toll and economic damage in Japan was from the earthquake, not the subsequent potential problems with nuclear plants.

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Mr Bilham believes this area has the potential to generate several earthquakes of magnitude 8 or more, and is the most vulnerable (in terms of potential loss of life and damage) of the regions that could produce a great earthquake.

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