2001—2010年全球有人员死亡的灾害性地震综述

Overview of worldwide disastrous earthquakes from 2001 to 2010

根据美国地质调查局互联网数据,统计了2001—2010年全球有人员死亡的地震灾害事件,其间共发生了232次,平均每年发生约23次;共造成约697 404人丧生,每年因地震造成的平均死亡人数为69 740人。亚洲是地震灾害的多发区和重灾区,印尼、中国、伊朗、巴基斯坦和印度等尤为严重,仍将是未来一段时间全球地震巨灾的危险区,需要进一步加强该区域地震巨灾的灾害减轻和应对工作。

Based on the Internet data from the USGS,the worldwide disastrous earthquakes are analyzed from 2001 to 2010.There are about 232 earthquakes which resulted in deaths,with 23 earthquakes per year.During the last ten years,nearly seven hundred thousand people are dead by earthquakes and seventy thousand death toll per year.Asia is a big earthquake-prone region,Indonesia,China,Iran,Pakistan and India are earthquake risk areas.More attention should be paid to protecting against and mitigating earthquake disasters.