Seismologists celebrate the new millennium with an experiment in Central Europe
地震学家用中欧的地震实验庆贺新千年
Richter scale
里氏(地)震级(美国地震学家里克特以地震耗费的能量来划分地震的级别)
Seismologists are urging calm and telling the public not to believe rumors about more earthquakes.
地震学家主张冷静并告诫大家不要相信会有更多地震的谣言。
The internal constitution of the Earth has been a primary objective of seismologists.
地震学家的主要目标是研究地球的内部构造。
From these wave arrival times, seismologists can calculate the distance of an earthquake from each seismograph.
根据这些波到达的时间，地震学家们能够计算出地震离地震仪的距离。
The instruments used by seismologists have been carefully designed for the specific research interests of geophysicists.
地震学家使用的地震仪是为地球物理学家所研究的特定课题而精心设计的。
Probably the best-known gauge of earthquake intensity is the local Richter magnitude scale, developed in 1935 by United States seismologist Charles F. Richter.
或许最著名的地震强度测量是区域里氏震级，是由美国地震学家查尔斯·里希特1935年确立的。
The Famous Japaness Seismologist H. Honda Passed away in August, 1982
日本著名地震学家本多弘吉1982年8月逝世
Scientists probed the causes of the earthquake.
科学家们研究地震的原因。
Seismic Sedimentology Study of K_1yc_4 in XuJiaweizi Fault Depression
徐家围子断陷营四段地震沉积学研究
Taiwanese scientists say the earthquake was followed by a magnitude six-point-four aftershock that struck off southwestern Taiwan.
台湾科学家说，这次地震后，台湾西南方向海域发生了一次6.4级余震。
Although large earthquakes are customarily re ported on the Richter scale, scientists prefer to de scribe earthquakes greater than 7.0 on the moment magnitude scale.
尽管大地震常以里氏震级来报道，但科学家喜欢用力矩量级来描述大于7.0级的地震。
Scientists cannot yet calculate when there will be a major earthquake.
科学家们还无法预测何时会发生大地震。
Scientists are still unable to come to a conclusion as to the probable cause of the earthquake.
对这次地震可能的成因，科学家尚未能作出结论。
Tremors that convulsed the countryside; when civil war convulsed the nation.
使乡间猛烈震动的地震；当内战震撼这个国家时
To determine the strength and location of earthquakes, scientists use a recording instrument known as a seismograph.
为确定地震的强度和位置，科学家使用一个被称为地震仪的记录仪器。
Scientists locate earthquakes by measuring the time it takes body waves to arrive at seismographs in a minimum of three locations.
科学家通过测定体波到达地震仪所需要的时间，以3个距离中最小的一个来确定地震的位置。
Scientists and engineers around the world have made great advances in earthquake engineering.
全球的科学家和工程师在地震工程学方面取得了长足的进展。