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A total of 37 people have been confirmed dead, one person is in the state
of cardiopulmonary arrest, and two people remain missing after the powerful
earthquake rocked Hokkaido Prefecture in northern Japan on Thursday, according
to the local media report on Sunday.
据当地媒体周日报道，日本北部北海道周四发生强烈地震，目前已有37人确认死亡，1人心肺停止，2人失踪。
The government’s top spokesperson, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga
told a press conference on Saturday that a total of 40,000 people, including
local police, firefighters, self-defense force personnel and Japan coast guards,
are searching for the missing and helping the disaster-hit areas "with all their
efforts."
日本政府最高发言人、内阁官房长官菅义伟(Yoshihide
Suga)上周六在新闻发布会上说，包括当地警察、消防员、自卫队人员和日本海岸警卫队在内的4万人正在搜寻失踪人员，并“竭尽全力”帮助受灾地区。
According to public broadcaster NHK, as of 5:00 a.m. local time on Sunday,
electricity, water supply and traffic conditions in Hokkaido are gradually
resuming and are expected to fully restored by the day.
据日本广播公司NHK报道，当地时间周日凌晨5点，北海道的电力、供水和交通状况逐渐恢复，预计白天将完全恢复。
However, as of 6:00 a.m. on Sunday, around 160 aftershocks were detected in
the prefecture, triggering landslides in multiple areas and local authorities
have dispatched helicopters and excavator to continue to search for survivors in
the debris.
然而，截至周日早上6点，该地区发现约160次余震，在多个地区引发山体滑坡，当地政府已派出直升机和挖掘机继续在废墟中搜寻幸存者。
New Chitose Airport, which had stopped operations after Thursday’s
earthquake has resumed domestic flight on Friday and international flights on
Saturday morning.
星期四地震后停止运营的新千岁机场星期五恢复了国内航班，星期六早上恢复了国际航班。
About 90 international flights are scheduled to depart from and arrive at
New Chitose Airport near Sapporo during the day, Japan’s transport ministry
said.
日本交通部表示，当天将有大约90架国际航班起降至札幌附近的新千岁机场。
The earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.7, struck Hokkaido
prefecture at 3:08 a.m. local time Thursday (1808 GMT Wednesday).
地震初步震级为6.7级，于当地时间周四凌晨3:08(格林尼治时间周三1808)袭击了北海道。
It logged the maximum seven on Japan’s seismic intensity scale, marking the
first time for Hokkaido since the seismic scale was revised in 1996, according
to Japan’s weather agency.
据日本气象局(Japan’s weather
agency)的数据，日本地震烈度最高记录为7级，这是自1996年地震烈度修正以来北海道首次出现地震烈度变化。 |
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发表于 2018-9-15 16:26:55