地震中

dìzhènzhōng

earthquake epicenter

地震仪

dìzhènyí

seismometer

地震区

dìzhènqū

seismic zone

地震学

dìzhènxué

seismology

地震局

dìzhènjú

earthquake bureau

地震带

dìzhèndài

seismic zone

地震波

dìzhènbō

seismic wave

大地震

dàdìzhèn

great earthquake

中源地震

zhōngyuándìzhèn

medium depth earthquake (with epicenter 70-300 km deep)

地震学家

dìzhènxuéjiā

seismologist

地震烈度

dìzhènlièdù

earthquake intensity (measure of its destructive power)

汶川地震

WènchuānDìzhèn

Great Sichuan Earthquake (2008)

深源地震

shēnyuándìzhèn

deep earthquake (with epicenter more than 300 km deep)

浅源地震

qiǎnyuándìzhèn

shallow earthquake (with epicenter less than 70 km deep)

关东地震

Guāndōngdìzhèn

Kantō earthquake of 1923, magnitude 8.2, that killed 200,000 people in the Tokyo area

中国地震台

Zhōngguódìzhèntái

China earthquake administration (CEA)

中国地震局

Zhōngguódìzhènjú

China earthquake administration (CEA)

唐山大地震

TángshānDàdìzhèn

Great Tangshan Earthquake (1976)

四川大地震

SìchuānDàdìzhèn

Great Sichuan Earthquake (2008)

国家地震局

Guójiādìzhènjú

China earthquake administration (CEA)