Apr 06, 2024 - BBC News - Taiwan hit by biggest earthquake in 25 years with at least four people dead
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But in other news today, an earthquake has struck in Taiwan. Sally has the details of that morning.
Morning, thank you very much Steven. Yes, at least four people are dead, and dozens are injured after a 7.4 magnitude quake struck Taiwan. Seismologists say the earthquake is the strongest to hit the East Asian nation in 25 years.
Our Asia correspondent, Rupert Wingfield-Hayes, is in the capital Taipei for us this morning. Morning Rupert, what more do we know about the impact of this earthquake?
Well, it struck right across the east coast of the island and has unleashed a lot of damage. The most dramatic things we've seen so far are pictures of very large landslides.
The east coast of Taiwan is far more dramatic than the west coast, rugged and mountainous, and there are narrow valleys and high, craggy mountains over 12,000 ft high, and a lot of them go right down into the ocean.
What this earthquake is done this very very powerful shake this morning is it has unleashed very large landslides, coming down into the ocean, into valleys. They're cutting off valleys, cutting roads, clearing away bridges, so it's really a messy situation over there.
The main city in the east of the island, Hualian, which is quite a small city and it's a quite remote area, was struck, and there has been damaged there. We've seen two large buildings have partially collapsed. But I have to say, given the strength of this earthquake - 7.4 and very very strong shaking, mercifully the damage to the urban infrastructure has so far been relatively light.
Rupert, I know earlier there had been concerns about tsunamis. What's the latest on that?"
That's right. The Japenese authorities, because Japan's southern islands are very close to Taiwan, they put up a tsunami warning this morning immediately after the earthquake. We have seen some very very small tsunami about 30 centimeter, but still water rushing into a fishing port off the east coast here and rushing out again. But nothing on the scale that would cause major damage, and fortunately, those tsunami warnings have now been lifted.
Rupert Wingfield Hayes in Taipei, thank you very much indeed.
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But in other news today, an earthquake striking Taiwan and Sally has the details of that morning.
- But in other news today, an earthquake has struck in Taiwan. Sally has the details of that morning.
Thank you very much Steven. Yes, at least 4 people are dead and dozens are injured after a 7.4 magnitude quake struck Taiwan. Smologist says the earthquake is the strongest to hit the south east asia nation in 25 years.
- Thank you very much Steven. Yes, at least 4 people are dead and dozens are injured after a 7.4 magnitude quake struck Taiwan. Seismologists say the earthquake is the strongest to hit the east asia nation in 25 years.
Our asia correspondent R.W. is in the capital Taipei for us this morning. Morning R! What more do we know about the impact of this earthquake.
- Our asia correspondent, Rupert Wingfield-Hayes, is in the capital Taipei for us this morning. Morning Rupert, what more do we know about the impact of this earthquake?
Well, it struck right across the east coast of the island. And it unleashed a lot of damage. The most dramatic thing so far we've seen are pictures of very very large landslides.
- Well, it struck right across the east coast of the island, and it has unleashed a lot of damage. The most dramatic things so far we've seen are pictures of very very large landslides.
The east coast of Taiwan is far more dramatic than the west coast. Ruggy, mountainous, and there are narrow vallies, high craggy mountains, well over 12,000-foot high, and a lot of them go right down to the ocean.
- The east coast of Taiwan is far more dramatic than the west coast. Rugged, and mountainous, and there are narrow vallys, high craggy mountains, well over 12,000-foot high, and a lot of them go right down into the ocean.
What this earthquake is done? It's a very very powerful shake in this morning, it has unleashed very large landslides, coming down into the ocean, into valleys, cutting off valleys, cutting off roads, clearing away bridges, so it's really a messy situation over there.
- What this earthquake is done this very very powerful shake this morning is it has unleashed very large landslides, coming down into the ocean, into valleys. They're cutting off valleys, cutting roads, clearing away bridges, so it's really a messy situation over there.
The main city in east of the island, Hualian, which is quite a small city and quite remote area, was struck and has been damaged there. We've seen two large buildings has been partially collapsed. But I have to say, given to the strength of the earthquake - 7.4 and very very strong shake, mercifully the damage to the urban infrastructure has so far been relatively light.
- The main city in the east of the island, Hualian, which is quite a small city and it's a quite remote area, was struck, and there has been damaged there. We've seen two large buildings have partially collapsed. But I have to say, given the strength of this earthquake - 7.4 and very very strong shaking, mercifully the damage to the urban infrastructure has so far been relatively light.
And Rupert, I know earlier there had been concerns, possibly concerns about tsunamis. What's the latest on that?
That's right. The Japenese authorities, because Japenese southern islands are very close to Taiwan, they put up a tsunami warning this morning immediately after the earthquake. We have seen some very very small tsunami about 30 centremeter, but still water rushed into fishing pool of east coast and rushed out again. And nothing of the scale will cause major damage, fortunately, those tsunami warnings have not been lifted.
- That's right. The Japenese authorities, because Japan's southern islands are very close to Taiwan, they put up a tsunami warning this morning immediately after the earthquake. We have seen some very very small tsunami about 30 centimeter, but still water rushing into a fishing port off the east coast here and rushing out again. But nothing on the scale that would cause major damage, and fortunately, those tsunami warnings have now been lifted.
Rupert Wingfield-Hayes in Taipei, thank you very much indeed.
Note
seismology n. 地震学
seismologist n. 地震学家
rugged adj. 崎岖的
rug n. 地毯
craggy adj. 崎岖的
crag n. 峭壁
village n. 村庄
valley n. 山谷 复数 valleys
foot 表示尺寸时，什么时候用单数什么时候用复数
当形容词时用单数 a 10-foot tree
当名词时常用复数 tree is 10 feet high
形容身高且带有英寸时常用单数 I'm 5-foot-7 = I'm 5 feet 7 inches tall
整数英寸身高直接使用复数 I'm 6 feet tall.
centi- 前缀 指百分之一 或 一百
centimeter 百分之一米即一厘米
lift v. 举起；提升（信心）；正式地废除或终止（法律限制、决定、禁令等）；赢得（奖或赛事）