The tremor was centred in the Gulf of Sirte.

地震以苏尔特湾为中心。

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The two coastal cities are nearly 500 kilometers apart across the Gulf of Sirte.

这两个海滨城市之间隔着苏尔特海湾，两城相距将近500公里。

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Checkpoint commander Adel Ahmed said Sirte has been without water or electricity for days.

安全检查站指挥官亚米德说，苏尔特没水没电好多天了。

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Sudanese President Omar Hassan al Bashir embraced Libya's Colonel Muammar al-Gadhafi and thanked him for his warm welcome, as both leaders met at the Colonel's private tent in his home town of Sirte, President al-Bashir's trip to Ethiopia and Libya was his third visit abroad since a warrant was issued for his arrest on March 4 by the International Criminal Court on charges of war crimes in Darfur.

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Many had suspected Gadhafi was hiding in Sirte after revolutionary forces took Tripoli in August.

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His whereabouts are unknown but some believe he may still be hiding in Sirte.

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Gadhafi died after he was captured in his hometown of Sirte on October 20, 2011.

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