Japan was struck by a magnitude 7.9 earthquake off its northeastern coast Friday,shaking buildings in Tokyo for several minutes and prompting a tsunami warning.
周五,日本东北海岸发生了7.9级地震,东京房屋发生了几分钟的震动,并且引发了海啸警报.
Japan's meteorological agency warned that a tsunami as high as 20 feet (6 meters) could strike the coast near Miyagi prefecture,closest to the epicenter.Smaller tsunamis of up to 50 centimetres reached some coastal communities,the agency said.
日本气象局发出警报说一股20英尺(6米)高的海啸可能袭击离震中最近的宫城附近的海岸,另外一些较小的0.5米高的海啸到达了沿岸城市.
The quake struck at 2:46 p.m.local time at a depth of 10 kilometres,about 125 kilometres off the eastern coast,the meteorological agency said.The area is 380 kilometres northeast of Tokyo.
地震发生在当地时间周五下午2点46分,震源深度10公里,离东海岸大约125公里,在东京东北部380公里左右.
In downtown Tokyo,large buildings shook violently and workers poured into the street for safety.TV footage showed a large building on fire and bellowing smoke in the Odaiba district of Tokyo.
在东京市中心,大厦发生了剧烈的摇晃,职工们都涌向街头逃难.电视镜头拍摄到东京台场地区一幢大楼起火冒烟的画面.
Police and coast guard officials said they were assessing possible damage from the quake.
警方和海岸警卫官员表示他们正在估测地震可能造成的破坏.
Several quakes had hit the same region in recent days,including a 7.3 magnitude one on Wednesday.
最近几天这个地区已经发生了多场地震,包括周三的那场7.3级地震.
3.Yesterday,in Japan 8.8 magnitude occurred maizuru,powerful earthquake,the earthquake let us,this earthquake looming is terrific,the entire honshu island ulterly changed,earthquake that triggered the big fire entire towns,and because the main honshu island is the coastal regions,so because the quake triggered a tsunami,the tsunami have been rushed to the imperial county,and it took the whole Japan's floor is main honshu island say all the boundless,became engulfed by the sea,today,because tsunami caused a whirlpool,then,take everything contributed in.Can say is really powerful.
In the earthquake,many people have lost family and friends,some people even themselves are dead,they how poor!Natural disasters are ruthless,according to expert introduction,the Japanese earthquake destructive more than 20 wenchuan earthquake damage.The earthquake has the highest an earthquake,series is really powerful!They know how pain,lose his family is a thing,as we live in the same earth,should also help them.
The earthquake actually is also a warning,it reminds us,to protect the environment,not to do a great deal of extraction,this can lead to underground energy strong earthquake if coastal areas,also take care not to put the rubbish into the sea,that will also pollute the environment.
Let us environmental protection!Let our earth more beautiful,more beautiful!
意思：昨天,在日本本州岛发生了8.8级的强烈大地震,这次的地震让我们触目惊心,这次的地震是非常厉害的,整个本州岛面目全非,地震引发的大火烧了整个城镇,并且由于本州岛是沿海地区,所以因为地震还引发了海啸,这次的海啸一直冲到宫廷县德楼,把整个日本本州岛可以说是全部吞没,变成了茫茫的海洋,今天,由于海啸发生,于是引起了漩涡,把东西都捐了进去.可以说实在是威力巨大.
在这次地震中,好多人都失去了家人和朋友,有些人甚至自己都死了,他们多么可怜呀!自然灾害是无情的,据专家介绍,这次日本地震破坏力超过20个汶川地震的破坏力.这次地震有史以来级数最高的一次地震,实在是威力巨大!他们知道,失去家人是多么痛苦的一件事情,作为生活在同一个地球的我们,也应该帮助他们.
这次地震其实也是一个警钟,它在提醒我们,要保护环境,不要大量抽取地下能量,这样会导致强烈的大地震,要是沿海地区也要注意不要把垃圾扔到海里,这样也会污染环境.
