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The impact was powerful enough to shake buildings in central Tokyo, waking up many residents, in a reminder of how prone the Japanese capital is to earthquakes. A government study published in December found it likely that the city of 12. 5 million would be hit by a major earthquake within the next 30 years that would leave up to 13, 000 dead and disrupt the lives of millions. Japan, which lies at the crossing of four tectonic plates, endures about 20 percent of the world' s powerful earthquakes, frequently jolting Tokyo and other major cities where buildings are made to be tremor resistant. On October 23, an earthquake measuring 6. 8 on the Richter scale and striking only 13 kilometers underground rocked the central Niigata region, killing 40 people. |
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cǐ cì dì zhèn de wēi lì zú yǐ ràng dōng jīng shì zhōng xīn de jiàn zhù wù yǒu zhèn gǎn, jīng xǐng le xǔ duō jū mín, tā tí xǐng rén men rì běn de shǒu dū shì duō me róng yì fā shēng dì zhèn. qù nián 12 yuè gōng bù de yī fèn zhèng fǔ yán jiū bào gào fā xiàn, dōng jīng zhè gè yōng yǒu 1250 wàn rén kǒu de chéng shì jiāng zài jīn hòu 30 nián lǐ zāo yù yī cì dà de dì zhèn xí jī, jiāng zào chéng chāo guò 1 wàn 3 qiān rén sǐ wáng, shǐ shù bǎi wàn rén de shēng huó xiàn rù hùn luàn. rì běn wèi yú dì qiào sì dà bǎn kuài de jiāo huì diǎn shàng, shòu shì jiè shang 20 de qiáng liè dì zhèn de yǐng xiǎng. dì zhèn pín fán qīn rǎo dōng jīng hé qí tā jǐ gè zhǔ yào chéng shì, nà lǐ de jiàn zhù wù dōu bèi shè jì wèi kàng zhèn xíng de. qù nián 10 yuè 23 rì, yī chǎng fā shēng zài dì miàn yǐ xià jǐn 13 gōng lǐ chù de lǐ shì 6. 8 jí dì zhèn xí jī le rì běn xīn hū shì zhōng xīn, zào chéng 40 rén sàng shēng. |