如美联社报道说 The emergency headquarters of the State Council, China's Cabinet, said the confirmed death toll had reached 19,509--up more than 4,500 from the day before. The council said deaths could rise to 50,000, state media reported.
与地震相关的其他词语还包括地震的“震级”Richter Scale,“震中”epicenter ,“地震强度”magnitude 、“余震”aftershock等等。
而“地震”除了表达为earthquake及其缩略形式quake之外还可以说temblor,这是美国英语中用来表示“地震”的单词。此外,由于此次地震造成的伤亡后果十分惨重,因此在修饰性词汇方面,英语中用了多个不同单词,如 massive/powerful/devastating/deadly/killer earthquake 。liuxuepaper.com