Soon after the magnitude-7.9 Wenchuan earthquake struck lastMay, geologist Fan Xiao asked: Could a large dam near the faulthave triggered the devastating quake?

去年五月7.9级汶川地震发生后不久，地质学家范晓就发问道：是位于断层附近的大坝诱发了这次灾难性的大地震吗？

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The center organized a volunteer effort to rescue and house hundreds of animals affected by the devastating quake.

该中心组织了一次志愿工作来救助和安置成百上千的受到那场破坏性地震影响的动物们。

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A massive relief effort is under way in Beichuan and other areas of China's Sichuan province after Monday's devastating quake.

本周一大地震后，北川及四川其他地区展开了大规模的救援努力。

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(OMITTED) He says earthquakes are natural events, but if homes were built properly, the L'Aquila quake would not have been so devastating.

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About 10, 000 houses and nearly 1, 000 commercial buildings will have to be demolished as a result of the devastating quake in February.

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Visions of the devastating quake and tsunami that killed thousands in Japan in March 2011 fueled the fright, but the waves proved to be smaller and less powerful than feared.

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The earthquake Saturday morning triggered landslides that cut off roads and disrupted phone and power connections in mountainous Lushan county, in Sichuan's Ya'an city area, which is further south on the same fault line where a devastating quake wreaked widespread damage across the region five years ago.

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