Module 3 The Violence of Nature Section Ⅳ Other Parts of theModule[原文呈现]Earthquakes Around the PacificAbout 400 earthquakes occur worldwide ①every day, more than a hundred thousandin a year.China is situated in ②one of the most active ③earthquake regions in the world many terrible earthquakes. The most serious of these occurred ④there have been and in Hua County in Shaanxi Province in 1556. The earthquake affected eight provinces in Central China. It covered an area of ⑤800 square kilometres. In some communities, 60 percent of the population ⑥were killed. In all ⑦， 830,000 people lost theirlives ⑧.The California Earthquake of the 18th of April 1906 is the worst ⑨earthquake and m., ．15 a ：at 5 ⑪It took place . ⑩that has ever happened in the United States lasted ⑫for only a minute. However, it caused ⑬ the worst natural disaster in thenation ’s history.[读文清障]①worldwide/ˌw ɜːld'waId/adj .全世界的②be situated in 坐落于，位于③active/'æktIv/adj .积极的；活跃的其比较级、最高级是分别在其前加more, most 。
