It is a low stress-drop earthquake occurring in a weak zone that is incapable of accumulating higher stresses.

它是发生在不能积累起较高应力的薄弱地带的一次低应力降的地震。

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But the euro crisis has created something different: a strong Germany in a weak euro zone.

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Germans insist that PIIGS and other weak euro zone countries pass crippling austerity measures otherwise they will be penalized (and, therefore, further weakened).

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Gains in European markets were limited by a weak Euro zone industrial production report Monday that showed a 0.3% decline from October to November.

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