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美国纽约地区发生4.8级地震

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A 4.8-magnitude earthquake struck the New York City area Friday morning,

周五早间,一场4.8级地震袭击了纽约市地区,
shaking buildings up and down the East Coast and surprising many residents who rarely experience such events.
东海岸的建筑物出现上下震动,让许多很少经历过这种事件的居民感到震惊。
"I was scared. I've never felt one before."
“我当时很害怕。我以前从未有过这种感觉。”
"I felt really strange because it was my first time experiencing that."
“我觉得很不自在,因为这是我第一次经历地震。”
The quake's epicenter was in Tewksbury in central New Jersey, about 40 miles west of New York City, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
美国地质调查局称,此次地震的震中位于新泽西州中部的图克斯伯里,距离纽约市以西约40英里。
It occurred just after 10:20 a.m. eastern time.
地震发生在美国东部时间上午10点20分之后。

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Tremors were felt in the heart of Manhattan and beyond, with people from Baltimore to Boston reporting rumblings.

曼哈顿中心及其他地区都有震感,从巴尔的摩到波士顿的群众都报告有听到隆隆声。
"This is one of the largest earthquakes on the East coast to occur in the last century."
“这是过去一个世纪东海岸发生的最大地震之一。”
New York Governor Kathy Hochul said that engineering teams were inspecting infrastructure and that no life-threatening situations had been identified.
纽约州州长凯西·霍赫尔表示,工程团队正在检查基础设施,目前没有发现危及生命的情况。
Friday's tremor was the largest felt in the city since the 2011 5.8-magnitude earthquake in Virginia that prompted evacuations of New York's City Hall and other buildings and caused damage in Washington, D.C.
周五的这场地震,是自2011年弗吉尼亚州发生5.8级地震以来,纽约市感受到的最大地震,那次地震促使纽约市政厅和其他建筑物进行疏散,并在华盛顿特区造成了一定的破坏。
According to the USGS, earthquakes in the eastern U.S. are felt across a far broader area than Western quakes because the bedrock is much older and harder, transferring seismic energy more easily.
美国地质勘探局称,美国东部地震的震感范围比西部大得多,因为该地区基岩更老、更坚硬,更容易传递地震能量。

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tremor ['tremə]

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n. 震动,颤动,战栗,兴奋,地震

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identified

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adj. 被识别的;经鉴定的;被认同者 v. 鉴定(id

 
earthquake ['ə:θkweik]

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n. 地震

 
survey [sə:'vei]

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v. 调查,检查,测量,勘定,纵览,环视
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