高一英语必修第1册Earthquakes around the Pacific

Earthquakes aroundthe PacificAbout400earthquakes occurworldwide everyday,more thana hundredthousand inayear.China issituated（位于）in oneof themost activeearthquake regions（区域）in theworldand therehave beenmany terribleearthquakes.The mostserious ofthese occurredinHua Countyin ShaanxiProvince in

1556.The earthquakeaffected eightprovinces inCentralChina.It coveredan areaof800square kilometers.In somecommunities,60percent ofthe populationwere killed.In all,830,000people losttheir lives.The California Earthquake ofthe18th ofApril1906is the worst earthquakethat haseverhappened in the US.It tookplace at5:15am,and lastedfor onlya minute.However,it causedtheworstnatural disasterinthenations history.Fires caused by theCaliforniaEarthquakedid themost damage.The firesburned forthreedays,destroying atotal of25,000buildings.About500people werekilled inthe cityofSan Franciscoand250,000were madehomeless.In thewhole of California,theearthquake andfires causedabout3,000deaths.The1906earthquake wascausedbya movementon the San Andreas Fault.Onehundred yearslater,movements ontheSanAndreasFaultcontinue tocause problemsforthe wholeofCalifornia.。