If that were to be the case for the Padang earthquake, the event could reduce the likelihood of a great quake at that location anytime soon.

如果巴东地震属于这种情况，那么这次地震将降低在该地区近期任何时候发生特大地震的可能性。

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The massive earthquake brought down a landslide this beautiful mountain valley in the Padang Pariaman region of West Sumatra, leveling the ground and turning it into a wasteland .

强震引发土石流，曾经位在西苏门答腊巴东帕里亚曼，如画的山林美景，如今被厚重的黄土夷为平地。

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Writing in the journal Nature Geoscience in January, the team warned that the danger of a quake greater than magnitude 8.5 remained along the segment under Padang.

这个小组一月份在《自然地球科学》杂志上发表文章警告说巴东地区下方爆发8.5级以上地震的可能性依然存在。

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She says by helping the victims of the Padang earthquake, the tsunami survivors of Aceh are paying the debt they owe.

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She says the Aceh tsunami survivors can relate to the Padang earthquake victims on a personal level and help them deal with their loss and grief.

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Lilianne Fan,an advisor to the governor of Aceh, says the volunteers bring something to Padang that other volunteers may not have.

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If the control of Padang's parent company went to a foreigner, Ibrahim warned, he would take the land back.

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Publicly, Anas threatened that if the privatization was not canceled, West Sumatrans would forcibly occupy the grounds of Padang.

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Many people wandered the streets of Padang stunned and dazed.

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