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A couple of things that we need to bear in mind when we talk about an earthquake like this:
談及像這樣的地震，首先有幾件事情必須記在心裡：

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if the terrain were rocky like in Chile, the shaking is not that intense.
如果是像智利那樣的多岩地形，搖動就不會那麼強烈。

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But when the terrain is sandy, and that's the case of Christchurch, you know, the ground shakes violently because it is softer.
但如果是像基督城那樣的沙質地形，由於地層較軟，搖動就會非常劇烈。

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It's like Haiti.
海地也是這樣的情形。

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And in this case, you know, you say,
在這種狀況下，你也許會問：

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"6.3 and all this damage? What's going on?"
「地震規模六點三竟然會造成這麼嚴重的損害？到底怎麼了？」

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Well, we need to take into account depth, and it's only five kilometers deep.
我們必須把地震深度考量進來，而海地的地震只有五公里深。

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We're talking about the 6.3.
這是規模六點三的地震。

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So this graphic illustrates what happens when the earthquake is shallow like the one in New Zealand today.
這張圖顯示了像紐西蘭今天發生的淺層地震會造成什麼樣的後果。

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Then we see the shaking more severely on the ground.
我們可以看到地面上的搖動比較嚴重。

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That's why the 6.3 doesn't seem to be that intense, but when we take into account the depth, it has been.
這就是為什麼規模六點三的地震看起來似乎沒有那麼強烈，可是一旦把地震深度考慮進去，強度就變得相當驚人。

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And also, and this is perhaps more importantly,
此外，更重要的一點是，

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is that New Zealand is right in between the Australian Plate and the Pacific Plate,
紐西蘭正位於澳洲板塊與太平洋板塊之間，

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so that's when the ground shakes to accommodate.
所以地層會在板塊的壓力下搖動。

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So when we have an earthquake, there's movement of these plates.
地震一旦發生，這些板塊就會出現移動。

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And now we may see aftershocks for months until things go back to sort of settling down again.
在事情平靜下來之前，餘震可能還會持續幾個月之久。

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So don't be panicking in case [if] you feel some more shaking on the ground; [it] should be lower than what we have seen so far.
所以，如果你感到地面出現更多搖動，不必驚慌，接下來的震度應該都會比我們目前見到的地震還小。

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And finally, the 7.1 on the fourth of September was inside,
最後，九月四日發生的規模七點一地震是在內陸，

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not on a sandy foundation -- [a] more rocky area.
不是在沙質地層，而是多岩地區，

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That's why the shaking wasn't that violent.
所以搖動沒有那麼劇烈。

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So we need to entertain all these aspects.
我們必須考慮所有這些面向。

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And remember there are going to be more aftershocks for months now
記住，接下來幾個月還會有更多餘震，

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until everything goes back to its normal position.
然後狀況才會恢復正常。