Thousands of aftershocks have set back efforts to clear roads to quake-hit areas.

清理通往灾区道路的工作也因为数千次余震而受到影响。

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The plan involves Japanese defense forces airlifting tents and other supplies to quake-hit areas.

按照计划，日本自卫队将向地震灾区空运帐篷等救灾物资。

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He also urged that medical treatment, epidemic prevention and medical appliance should cover all quake-hit areas.

医疗救治、卫生防疫和医药器械物资要覆盖到所有灾区。

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Volunteers from Indonesia's Aceh province have headed to Padang, the hardest-hit city in the September 30 quake, which killed hundreds and destroyed as many as 180,000 buildings.

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Working in rolling 12-hour shifts, the British have been helping to sift through houses in quake-hit suburbs, as well as comb through the wreckage of the Pyne Gould Guinness Building, one of Christchurch's best-known office blocks.

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While the possible destruction of the latest, 7.4-magnitude quake that hit Japan on Thursday night is still to be assessed, markets reacted violently to the news.

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This church has been hit by two giant earthquakes in the last 300 years but owing to its quake-resistant structure has remained intact.

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