In one of the worst natural disasters on record, the ensuing earthquake triggered a series of destructive waves or tsunamis that claimed more than 250,000 lives.

随之爆发的地震引起一系列破坏性的巨浪和海啸灾难，这次有史以来最严重的自然灾害之一夺去了超过25万人的生命。

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The news follows allegations that Fukushima was crippled by the earthquake, not the ensuing tsunami as previously thought.

据媒体后续报道指控，福岛核电厂的核泄漏灾难是由地震引发，而不是先前所认为的海啸。

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Officials have been working to resolve cooling problems at four of Fukushima Daiichi's six reactors in the wake of the 9.0-magnitude earthquake and ensuing tsunami.

官方正在努力解决福岛核电厂6个反应炉中4个的冷却问题，这些问题都是由9.0级的地震以及海啸带来的。

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Charities have moved quickly to establish mobile donation campaigns to help the victims of the earthquake and ensuing tsunami that devastated Japan early Friday morning.

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Led by the auto and heavy machinery sectors, Japan begins to stand back on its feet after the devastation caused by an earthquake and ensuing tsunami on March 11.

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Apart from nuclear power plants, the Japanese utility has shut down thermal plants in the Tohoku and Kanto areas, also afflicted by the intensity of the massive 9.0-magnitude earthquake and ensuing tsunami.

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