Unit 4
Earthquake
Warming up
必修一
Natural Disasters
fire
flood
typhoon
snow slide (雪崩)
volcano (火山)
mudflow
sandstorm
Tsunami (海啸)
earthquake
On May 12th, 2008 14:28 A big earthquake happened in WenChuan Sichuan !
was shaken by a terrible earthquake.
A great part of the city was destroyed and a large number of buildings were burnt. The number of people who lost
homes reached as many as 250,000.
at 03:42:53.8 local time, and lasted for
around 10 seconds. Chinese Government's official sources state 7.8 on the Richter magnitude scale[3], though some sources listed it as high as 8.2. It was followed by a major 7.8 magnitude aftershock some 16 hours later, increasing the death toll.
A great part of the city was destroyed