While buildings can be strengthened to resist the shaking from an earthquake, such fortifications can't protect against tons of falling rock.
虽然建筑物可以加固，以抵御地震造成的摇晃，但这样的加固措施不可能经得住成吨重的落石。
About 40 million cubic yards of rock - some of it falling from a height of 3,000 feet - plunged down the face of Lituya Glacier into Gilbert Inlet at the northern end of the bay.
大约4千万立方码的岩石——一部分从3,000英尺高空落下——冲破Lituya冰河表面，进入海湾北端Gilbert水湾。
About 40 million cubic yards of rock - some of it falling from a height of 3, 000 feet - plunged down the face of Lituya Glacier into Gilbert Inlet at the northern end of the bay.
大约4千万立方码的岩石——一部分从3,000英尺高空落下——冲破Lituya冰河表面，进入海湾北端Gilbert水湾。
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