今天地震發生時我在鳳山緊急與學生下樓 So scary!!!!!!
中譯:莎拉
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060401/wl_nm/quake_taiwan_dc
Strong quake hits Taiwan 強震襲擊臺灣
A strong earthquake rocked Taiwan on Saturday, shaking office buildings but causing only minor damage, officials said.官員說,今天強烈地震全台震撼,搖晃辦公大樓,幸好只是輕微損傷。
The epicenter of the 6.4 magnitude quake, which struck after 6 p.m. (1000 GMT) was east of Taitung on the eastern coast, at a depth of 10 km (6 miles), the Central Weather Bureau said in a statement. 中央氣象局說,晚上六點多時,地震規模6.4,深度10公里,震央在東海岸:台東東部。
Television footage showed a collapsed wall outside a military base in the southern county of Kaohsiung, but nobody was hurt. 電視鏡頭顯示南台灣--高雄的(已停用許久的鳳山衛武營)外面的一面牆倒塌,所幸無人傷亡。
Some phone lines were cut off in the eastern part of the island.Earthquakes occur frequently in Taiwan, which lies on a seismically active stretch of the Pacific basin. 東部的一些電話線被切斷。台灣(位於太平洋盆地的地震活躍帶)地震頻傳。
One of Taiwans worst-recorded quakes occurred in September 1999. Measuring 7.6 on the Richter scale, it killed more than 2,400 people and destroyed or damaged 50,000 buildings. 台灣紀錄最可怕的921地震,芮氏規模7.6,死亡人數超過2,400人,毀壞或損毀50,000建築物。
