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強震襲擊臺灣Strong quake hits Taiwan

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。