North China gets early-warning system for quakes
<p><span word="Download">Download</span></p><p><span word="An">An</span> <span word="earthquake">earthquake</span> <span word="early">early</span> <span word="warning">warning</span> <span word="system">system</span> <span word="developed">developed</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="private">private</span> <span word="research">research</span> <span word="organization">organization</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="installed">installed</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Beijing">Beijing</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="surrounding">surrounding</span> <span word="areas">areas</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="testing">testing</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="system">system</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="already">already</span> <span word="begun">begun</span>.</p><p>"<span word="The">The</span> <span word="installation">installation</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="carried">carried</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="schools">schools</span>, <span word="communities">communities</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="township">township</span> <span word="government">government</span> <span word="buildings">buildings</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="cities">cities</span> <span word="after">after</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Wenchuan">Wenchuan</span> <span word="earthquake">earthquake</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Sichuan">Sichuan</span> <span word="province">province</span>" <span word="in">in</span> 2008, <span word="said">said</span> <span word="Wang">Wang</span> <span word="Dun">Dun</span>, <span word="director">director</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Institute">Institute</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Care">Care</span>-<span word="Life">Life</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="nongovernmental">nongovernmental</span> <span word="organization">organization</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="conducts">conducts</span> <span word="research">research</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="quakes">quakes</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="organization">organization</span>, <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Sichuan">Sichuan</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="provincial">provincial</span> <span word="capital">capital</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Chengdu">Chengdu</span>, <span word="provided">provided</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="technology">technology</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="system">system</span>.</p><p>"<span word="If">If</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="quake">quake</span> <span word="hits">hits</span> <span word="any">any</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="cities">cities</span>, <span word="others">others</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="receive">receive</span> <span word="early">early</span> <span word="warnings">warnings</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="system">system</span> <span word="within">within</span> <span word="seven">seven</span> <span word="seconds">seconds</span>," <span word="Wang">Wang</span> <span word="said">said</span></p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="system">system</span> <span word="covers">covers</span> 130,000 <span word="square">square</span> <span word="km">km</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Beijing">Beijing</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Tianjin">Tianjin</span> <span word="municipalities">municipalities</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="well">well</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="neighboring">neighboring</span> <span word="Hebei">Hebei</span> <span word="province">province</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="others">others</span> <span word="nearby">nearby</span>, <span word="Wang">Wang</span> <span word="said">said</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="China">China</span> <span word="Earthquake">Earthquake</span> <span word="Administration">Administration</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="Wang">Wang</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="institute">institute</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="private">private</span> <span word="organization">organization</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="quake">quake</span> <span word="predictions">predictions</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="official">official</span>, <span word="adding">adding</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="China">China</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="planning">planning</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="build">build</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="national">national</span> <span word="earthquake">earthquake</span> <span word="monitoring">monitoring</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="warning">warning</span> <span word="system">system</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="five">five</span> <span word="years">years</span>.</p><p><span word="North">North</span> <span word="China">China</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="seen">seen</span> <span word="recent">recent</span> <span word="violent">violent</span> <span word="seismic">seismic</span> <span word="activity">activity</span>, <span word="including">including</span> <span word="an">an</span> 8.2-<span word="magnitude">magnitude</span> <span word="earthquake">earthquake</span> <span word="in">in</span> 1976 <span word="that">that</span> <span word="killed">killed</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="than">than</span> 242,000 <span word="people">people</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Hebei">Hebei</span>, <span word="Beijing">Beijing</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Tianjin">Tianjin</span>, <span word="one">one</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="deadliest">deadliest</span> <span word="calamities">calamities</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="human">human</span> <span word="history">history</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="country">country</span> <span word="started">started</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="pay">pay</span> <span word="attention">attention</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="early">early</span> <span word="earthquake">earthquake</span> <span word="warnings">warnings</span> <span word="after">after</span> <span word="the">the</span> 8.0-<span word="magnitude">magnitude</span> <span word="Wenchuan">Wenchuan</span> <span word="earthquake">earthquake</span>, <span word="which">which</span> <span word="killed">killed</span> <span word="nearly">nearly</span> 70,000 <span word="people">people</span>. <span word="Many">Many</span> <span word="other">other</span> <span word="countries">countries</span>, <span word="including">including</span> <span word="Japan">Japan</span>, <span word="Mexico">Mexico</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Turkey">Turkey</span>, <span word="launched">launched</span> <span word="such">such</span> <span word="systems">systems</span> <span word="much">much</span> <span word="earlier">earlier</span>, <span word="said">said</span> <span word="Chen">Chen</span> <span word="Huizhong">Huizhong</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="research">research</span> <span word="fellow">fellow</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="administration">administration</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="Institute">Institute</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Geophysics">Geophysics</span>.</p>
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