常時英心:言葉の森から 1.0

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seismic 復習

 北朝鮮マグニチュード3.0の揺れが観測され、水爆実験が原因とされていましたが、調査の結果、自然に発生した地震であることが分かりました。

South Korea says natural North Korea earthquake detected

South Korea's weather agency said a magnitude 3.0 earthquake was detected in North Koreaon Saturday around where the country recently conducted a nuclear test, but it assessed the quake as natural.

The quake was detected in an area around Kilju, in northeastern North Korea, about 20 kilometers (12 miles) southeast of where the North conducted its sixth and most powerful nuclear test on Sept. 3, according to an official from Seoul's Korea Meteorological Administration.

China's official Xinhua News Agency said earlier that the country's seismic service detected a magnitude 3.4 quake in North Korea and saw the likely cause as an explosion. But the official from the South Korean agency said the analysis of seismic waves and the lack of sound waves clearly showed that the quake wasn't caused by an artificial explosion. She spoke on condition of anonymity, citing office rules.

While there was media speculation that the earthquake may have been caused by the collapse of a tunnel weakened by this month's nuclear test, another Korea Meteorological Administration official, who also didn't want to be named, said the agency sees such possibilities as low.

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/south-korea-natural-north-korea-earthquake-detected-50039779

 取り上げる単語は"seismic"/saɪzmɪk/です。『ジーニアス英和辞典』第4版(大修館)で調べてみると、「地震の」や「とても影響力の強い」とあり、"the seismic center"で「震源」となります。LDOCEでは、"relating to or caused by earthquakes"と定義されています。水爆実験だった場合、米国側は追加制裁を行うつもりでした。(Akim)

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