双语新闻：加州湾区遭遇25年来最强地震

2014-08-29 16:50:29来源：可可英语

　　The most serious earthquake to hit California’s BayArea in 25 years struck at 3.20am pacific time onSunday morning, injuring people and damagingbuildings in Napa Valley.

　　美国太平洋时间周日凌晨3点20分，加州湾区遭遇了25年来最严重的地震。地震造成加州纳帕谷多人受伤、建筑受损。

　　The long, rolling magnitude 6.1 quake shook peopleout of bed across San Francisco and the surroundingareas. Three people, including a child, were said to bein a critical condition and 120 injured but no deathshad been reported.

　　在这场6.1级地震的长时间震动下，旧金山及周边地带的人们从睡梦中惊醒。据传地震造成包括1名儿童在内的3人生命垂危，此外还有120人受伤，尚未有人员死亡的消息。

　　Napa, the county famous for its vineyards, suffered five subsequent aftershocks and the UnitedStates Geological Center warned there was a 54 per cent chance of more earthquakes in thesurrounding 10 to 20 miles in the next seven days.

　　纳帕县以其葡萄园闻名于世，在地震后又遭遇了5次余震。美国地质勘探局(United States GeologicalSurvey，简称USGS)警告说，今后7天，震区周围10到20英里范围内有54%的可能性出现更多地震。

　　“Most likely, the recent mainshock will be the largest in the sequence,” it said in a statement. “However, there is a small chance (approximately 5 to 10 per cent) of an earthquake equal toor larger than this mainshock in the next 7 days.” There are no tsunami warnings in place.

　　该机构在一份声明中表示：“最有可能的情况是，最近发生的主震将是这一系列地震中最大的一次。不过，今后7天内存在一种微小的可能性(大约5%到10%的可能)，会发生与主震同级别或更高级别的地震。”除此以外，目前尚无海啸方面的警报。

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