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The Biggest Tremor1 in 25 Years 二十五年来最强烈的地震

On 27th February 2008, something very unusual happened in the UK; there was a rather large earthquake.

It was the biggest earthquake in 25 years in the UK. There have been very small tremors2 in the past but they pale into insignificance3 compared to this one.

It was felt in a large area across the country too, from as far north as Edinburgh in Scotland to as far south as Plymouth on the south coast of England.

The epicentre of the earthquake was in a small town in Lincolnshire, which is an area about two and a half to three hours north of London by car. A magnitude of 5.2 was registered on the Richter scale.

There were lots of reports in the news from people who felt the earth move. One man said, "We had loads of vibrating and wall shaking and stuff, noise coming off the roof. I came outside – the chimney's on the floor!"

A collapsed4 chimney was the cause of what was probably the worst injury from the earthquake; a man broke his pelvis when the chimney fell on him.

Another man who spoke5 to the BBC described the moment the earthquake occured, "Everything was shaking. As soon as it happened we all went outside and saw everyone else down the street, coming out and just realised it was an earthquake."

The huge rumble6, that was felt by a lot of people, surprisingly caused very little structural7 damage to property.

Most British people would be surprised to learn that there are 200-300 earthquakes in Britain every year, but most of them are so small, they go unnoticed.

The magnitude of this earthquake is fairly small in comparison to some other natural disasters that have made international news, but for the people affected8, it certainly came as quite a surprise.

GLOSSARY 词汇表

tremors 震动

pale into insignificance 显得无关紧要,没有这个地震这么强烈

epicentre 震中

magnitude (地震)级数

the Richter scale 里氏震级

vibrating 震动

and stuff 等等,还有其它东西的震动

chimney 烟囱

collapsed 倒塌

injury 伤亡,受伤

pelvis 骨盆

occured 发生

rumble 隆隆声

structural damage 建筑构造上的破坏

go unnoticed 未被察觉的,不被注意到的

natural disasters 自然灾害


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