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阅读本文,1999年发生在世界各地的一次次大地震又重现眼前。共计22000人在1999年的地震中失去生命。而世界地震年平均死亡人数仅为10000人。1997年的死亡人数仅为2907人,1998年为8928人。20世纪,地震造成的伤亡最为惨重的年份是1976年: The deadliest year in this century was 1976 when at least 255,000 people,and perhaps more than 600,000,were killed after one quake hit Tangshan,China. 文章告诉读者,世界每年发生地震的次数为:several million！ 阅读本文之时,我国云南省姚安县发生了6.5级地震(2000年1月15日7时37分)。这是新的千年伊始之际,发生在我国的首次6级以上的地震。 1999年的地震死亡人数超出以往的年平均数,是否说明地震之害正在走向高峰呢? 专家给了读者一个回答:Overall,earthquake activity isn’t on the rise.
After reading this article, the major earthquakes that took place around the world in 1999 reappeared. A total of 22,000 people lost their lives in the 1999 earthquake. The average number of deaths per year in the world’s earthquake is only 10,000. The death toll in 1997 was only 2,907, compared with 8,928 in 1998. In the 20th century, the worst years of casualties caused by the earthquake were 1976: The deadliest year in this century was 1976 when at least 255,000 people, and perhaps more than 600,000, we killed killed after one quake hit Tangshan, China. The article told the reader that the world The number of earthquakes that occur each year is: severe million! At the time of reading this article, a magnitude 6.5 earthquake occurred in Yao’an County, Yunnan Province, China (7:37, January 15, 2000). This is the first earthquake of magnitude 6 or above that occurred in China at the beginning of the new millennium. The number of deaths from the earthquake in 1999 exceeds the previous average. Does it mean that the earthquake disaster is reaching its peak? The expert gave readers a reply: Overall, earthquake activity isn’t on the rise.