Highest seismological station built in Tibet

时间：2007-07-21 03:18:23

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Chinanews, Lhasa, July 20 - The highest manned seismological station was put in trial operation in the northern part of Tibet Autonomous1 Region2, to monitor the small-scale earthquakes there. The station was also built as an important supply to the national earthquake monitoring network.

 

The station was first put in use during the 9th Five-Year Plan Period (1995-2000), but at that time it had no proper instrument to monitor small-scale earthquakes, which are common in northern Tibet and along the boarder between Tibet and Xinjiang and the border between Tibet and Qinghai.

 

Thus the station was upgraded3 to its current scale. Now it can sense very small earthquakes (less than 1 on the Richter scale) that occur within the range of 250 km. It can even record the vibration4 caused by a moving car.

 

So far, the station is in normal operation, and has recorded all the earthquakes that had occurred.

 
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1 autonomous DPyyv     
adj.自治的；独立的
参考例句：
  • They proudly declared themselves part of a new autonomous province.他们自豪地宣布成为新自治省的一部分。
  • This is a matter that comes within the jurisdiction of the autonomous region.这件事是属于自治区权限以内的事务。
2 region RUtxZ     
n.地区，地带，区域；范围，幅度
参考例句：
  • The students went to study the geology of that region.学生们去研究那个地区的地质情况。
  • It is unusual to see snow in this region.这个地区难得见到雪。
3 upgraded 4c02ebe342ea429a0d2a2a23be2ddd19     
?升级的，提升的
参考例句：
  • They upgraded the land by improving it with new buildings. 他们建造新楼房来提高土地的等级。
  • Our legation was upgraded to an embassy. 我们的公使馆升级为大使馆。
4 vibration nLDza     
n.颤动，振动；摆动
参考例句：
  • There is so much vibration on a ship that one cannot write.船上的震动大得使人无法书写。
  • The vibration of the window woke me up.窗子的震动把我惊醒了。

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