▍原文 Just offshore from Russia’s far-eastern peninsula, a major earthquake shook the region on Wednesday. At magnitude 8.8, it released several times more energy than the largest nuclear bomb ever detonated. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, this was also a reverse faulting event. In this case, a fault line ruptured over a length of a few hundred miles in a matter of seconds, releasing as much energy as roughly 240 million tons of TNT. ▍語言點 1. offshore from+地點 離某地不遠的海域 2. Kamchatka peninsula 勘察加半島 · 它是俄羅斯第二大半島，也是俄羅斯乃至全球地震活動最活躍的地區之一 3. magnitude /ˈmæɡnətuːd/ n. （本文）震級；量級，規模，程度 4. detonate /ˈdetneɪt/ v. 使爆炸，引爆 5. reverse faulting event 逆斷層活動 6. fault line 斷層線 7. rupture /ˈrʌptʃər/ v. 突然斷裂，爆裂 8. in a matter of seconds 在短短幾秒內 搜索【友鄰優課】微信小程序，收聽晨讀即可領取： 《晨讀短文100篇電子資料》 · 關注公眾號【夏說英文日讀】，夏鵬老師送你2份...