国内英语资讯:Chinas Sichuan to offer quake early warning services by year-end
<p><span word="CHENGDU">CHENGDU</span>, <span word="May">May</span> 10-- <span word="Sichuan">Sichuan</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="quake">quake</span>-<span word="prone">prone</span> <span word="province">province</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="southwest">southwest</span> <span word="China">China</span>, <span word="will">will</span> <span word="provide">provide</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="residents">residents</span> <span word="earthquake">earthquake</span> <span word="early">early</span> <span word="warning">warning</span> <span word="services">services</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="end">end</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="year">year</span>, <span word="according">according</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Sichuan">Sichuan</span> <span word="Earthquake">Earthquake</span> <span word="Administration">Administration</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="early">early</span> <span word="warning">warning</span> <span word="services">services</span> <span word="include">include</span> <span word="alerting">alerting</span> <span word="residents">residents</span> <span word="seconds">seconds</span> <span word="before">before</span> <span word="seismic">seismic</span> <span word="waves">waves</span> <span word="arrive">arrive</span> <span word="through">through</span> <span word="multiple">multiple</span> <span word="broadcasting">broadcasting</span> <span word="systems">systems</span>, <span word="using">using</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="theory">theory</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="radio">radio</span> <span word="waves">waves</span> <span word="travel">travel</span> <span word="faster">faster</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="seismic">seismic</span> <span word="waves">waves</span>.</p><p><span word="Earthquake">Earthquake</span> <span word="research">research</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="found">found</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="being">being</span> <span word="aware">aware</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="earthquake">earthquake</span> <span word="three">three</span> <span word="seconds">seconds</span> <span word="beforehand">beforehand</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="save">save</span> 14 <span word="percent">percent</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="casualties">casualties</span>, 10 <span word="seconds">seconds</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="save">save</span> 39 <span word="percent">percent</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="casualties">casualties</span>, <span word="and">and</span> 20 <span word="seconds">seconds</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="save">save</span> 63 <span word="percent">percent</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="casualties">casualties</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="services">services</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="also">also</span> <span word="offer">offer</span> <span word="residents">residents</span> <span word="brief">brief</span> <span word="information">information</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="quake">quake</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="minutes">minutes</span> <span word="after">after</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="quake">quake</span> <span word="strikes">strikes</span>, <span word="its">its</span> <span word="magnitude">magnitude</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="five">five</span> <span word="minutes">minutes</span> <span word="later">later</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="assessment">assessment</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="disaster">disaster</span> <span word="within">within</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="hours">hours</span>.</p><p><span word="China">China</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="capacity">capacity</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="earthquake">earthquake</span> <span word="monitoring">monitoring</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="disaster">disaster</span> <span word="relief">relief</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="improved">improved</span> <span word="since">since</span> 2008, <span word="when">when</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="killed">killed</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="than">than</span> 69,000 <span word="people">people</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="left">left</span> <span word="nearly">nearly</span> 18,000 <span word="missing">missing</span>, <span word="said">said</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="report">report</span> <span word="submitted">submitted</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="country">country</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="top">top</span> <span word="legislature">legislature</span> <span word="last">last</span> <span word="year">year</span>.</p><p><span word="A">A</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="generation">generation</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="earthquake">earthquake</span> <span word="monitoring">monitoring</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="warning">warning</span> <span word="systems">systems</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="installed">installed</span> <span word="along">along</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="than">than</span> 20 <span word="high">high</span>-<span word="speed">speed</span> <span word="railway">railway</span> <span word="lines">lines</span> <span word="spanning">spanning</span> 6,642 <span word="km">km</span>, <span word="said">said</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="report">report</span>.</p>
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