TOKYO,Japan—Anearthquakemeasuring8.0hitthenorthernJapan...

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TOKYO,Japan—An earthquake measuring 8.0 hit the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido early quake was the strongest anywhere in the world this ral million people live on the n's national broadcasting agency,NHK,reported 236 people had been hurt,but no deaths had been ami waves measuring about 3 feet (1 meter) began hitting the eastern coast of Japan's northernmost island,and officials warned all residents in the region to seek higher ground.A fire broke out at oil refinery on the island after the earthquake,and television stations reported a train derailment and a landslide near a highway U.S. Geological Survey measured the quake at 8.0 but authorities in Japan initially gave it a magnitude of USGS said the temblor was located 33 kilometers (20 miles) under the Earth's crust,about 796 miles north/northwest of Tokyo,and began at 4:50 l time (1950 GMT) second quake occurred at 6:08 a.m.(2108 GMT).

On average,there is one magnitude-8,or greater,quake a year in the amount of energy released (釋放) in a magnitude-8 earthquake is equivalent to that contained in 1.01 billion tons of TNT,according to the USGS.A tsunami watch has been issued for the e of Hawaii."Based on all available data,a tsunami may have been generated by this earthquake that could be destructive on coastal areas even far from the epicenter,"said the announcement from the National Tsunami Hazard Mitigation six days ago a 5.5-magnitude quake shook September 20 earthquake was centered nearly 870 kilometers (540 miles) south-southeast of Tokyo, near Japan's Bonin Islands,a remote volcanic island group in the Pacific ier this month,Japan marked the 80th anniversary of a magnitude 8.3 quake that devastated Tokyo and neighboring Yokohama,killing at least 140,000 January 1995,a magnitude 7.2 temblor in Kobe killed more than 6,000 people.

8.O-magnitude earthquake happened in Japan      .

January 1995     September 26,2003          September 25,2003        September,1923

is NOT the result of this earthquake?

A.236 people were hurt                                       B.A fire broke out at oil refinery on the island

C.A train was out of track                                people died

does tsunami mean in Chinese?

A.晨中                        B.火山                        C.海嘯                               D.餘震

can infer that      .

might be the biggest earthquake in the world this year

n is a country where earthquakes frequently happen

earthquake has no effect on the USA

second quake occurred only half an hour after the first one

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