地震，是人类面临的最无奈的灾难之一。
仅在20世纪这100年里，因地震造成的死亡人数，就超过了120万人。在每一次地震之后，人类总是感受到自然的无情，和自身的渺小。
1906年，旧金山发生里氏7.8级大地震，短短数小时之内，大震就造成数千人死亡，并引发熊熊大火，这个美国西海岸最繁华的大都市顿时变成了一片瓦砾。而这只不过是这100年苦难的开端而已。1920年12月16日，里氏8.5级的地震袭击中国宁夏海原，震中烈度达到12度，此次地震造成24万人死亡。而1960年的智利地震，震级更是达到了骇人听闻的8.9级，仅随后一个月内7级以上的余震就有10次。地震引发了上世纪最大的一次海啸，并造成6座死火山重新喷发，另出现3座新火山。有大约6000人在这次地震中丧生和失踪。
不必再过多的去重述这些令人胆颤的地震的威力。每一次，地壳轻微的碰撞、挤压、断裂，都足以给人类带来空前的浩劫。无奈的是，只要我们赖以生存的这颗星球还在运动，还在演化，这样的事情就无休无止，无可避免。
但细数历史上一次次撼天动地的剧烈震动之后，我们又不得不承认，人类生命力是如此的顽强和坚韧，不得不感叹，人类社会面临灾难的表情是如此丰富和复杂。
如果用一个个词汇来刻画这些表情的话，那么1923年关东大地震应该是“烦闷”，1933年叠溪大地震是“孤愤”、1976年唐山大地震是“悲痛”、2005年的克什米尔地震则是“和解”……
1923年9月1日，日本关东大地震。东京、横滨等往昔繁华的都市瞬间成为人间地狱，8.3级的大震造成14万人丧生。但仅仅数天之后，日本政府就宣布，东京和横滨将在原址上重建。大和民族坚韧、顽强的民族性格在此次大震之中表现的淋漓尽致，以至于直到70多年后，日本再次发生阪神大地震时，外界从坚固的防震建筑、有条不紊的抗震场面中，还能看到关东大地震给日本留下的丰厚遗产。但与此同时，关东大地震也是大正时代留给昭和时代“最黑暗的开端”，国内种种经济、种族、资源矛盾，借此全面爆发，并由此埋下了开拓“新大陆”的伏笔。
1933年，四川叠溪发生20世纪最大的一次地震，千年古镇瞬间永沉湖底。而此时正值军阀混战时刻，各路军马厮杀惨烈。当地官吏绝地求援，却没有等来任何援手。无奈之下，当地百姓不得不“自行乞食”。震灾之后又是水灾，无数灾民用血泪见证了四川灾荒史上最黑暗的时刻。
如果说叠溪地震由于年代久远，地处偏僻而渐渐为世人遗忘的话，那么唐山大地震则成为整个中国人历经数代而未能忘却的伤痛。1976年7月28日3时42分54秒，7.8级的大地震发生的时间只有数十秒钟，但却造成了上个世纪最大的人类灾难之一，有24万人在此地震中丧生，而它带给中国人的记忆，则成为衡量灾难的标尺和比照。
而在2005年，克什米尔大地震中，两个多年交恶的邻国——印度和巴基斯坦，在人类共同的灾难面前，却以放弃成见，打开实际控制线的作为，让人们在灾难背后，看到了一线温暖的光明。
历数这些地震后的表情，并非要一次次重复地震带来的伤痛和苦难，而是要人们在每一步艰难困苦的历程中，坚信人类自己拥有的力量，正因为有过这样的经历，才让人看到地震之后一次次重生的希望。
译文:
The Cities Changed by the Earthquakes
Earthquake is one the most powerful disaster in front of mankind.the death had rolled over 1.2 million in the past 100 years in twentith century. After the quake, people deeply felt the insignificant of human beings in front of the merciless nature.
In 1906 a magnituge 7.8 earthquake hit Sanfrancisco. Thousands of people died within short hours and triggerd blazing fire .Suddenly, the most bustling metropolis on the west coast of America became the rubble .However, that was the beginning of the a hundrend- year long disaster. On December16,1920, a magnitude 8.5 earthquake hit Haiyuan,Ningxia Hui Autonomy Region in China ,where the epicenter intensity reached 12 and total 240000 people were killed .The quake heppend in Chile was reached the appalling 8.9 magnitude,and the 7 magnituge aftershocks happed 10 times,triggering the greatest tsunami in last century, with six extinct volcanos rerupted and three new volcanos appeared. During the quake, about 6000people were killde or missing.
Here,we do not need to recalculate how powerful the quakes are . Every time when the light collision ,extrusion and crack of earth’s crust would brought unprecedented catastrophe to human. Unfortunately, once the only earth we rely on is rotating one day, such kind of thing will always happen.
After gone through so mang times of powferful quakes, we had to admit that human’s life was so strong and tenacious also had to sign that human’s facial expression were so diverse and complex.
If you want to describe the expression by words, then 1923’sGuandong great eartquake should be “disappointing ”1933’s Diexi great eartquake should be ”angry”, while that of Tangshan in1976 should be”greif” and 2005’s Kashmir should be “reconcile”.
On the september1,1923 , the Guandong great eartquake changed the citys of Tokyo and Yokohama into the hell on earth . Magnitude 8.3earthquake caused 140000 people to die .After several days, the Japanese government announced to rebuilde the two cities on the same location. We can see the Dahe nation was so strong and firm that 70 years later when the quake happened again in Banshen they were able to deal with the it efficiently. Through the solid anti- quake buildings and orderly aseismatic measure,we still could see that the plentiful heritage the precious quake left behind .A t the same time , Guandong great eartquake was the “ the darknest beginning” from the Da zheng period to the Rizhao period.
That the various economic, racial ,resouce issues fully broke out would become the foreshadowing of the exploration of “ new continent”.
In 1933, the most greatest eartquake hit Diexi in twentith century.The one thouand year- old town sank into the bottom of the lake forever. That was the time when war-horse coming from different places figthted each other.Though the local authority asked for help, there was no any help . so that common people had to live on cadgeing .Later the fllod heppened ,tens of millions of victims witnessed by tears and blood the darkest moment of Cichuan disaster history.
If Diexi earthquake was forgotten by people becauce it was happened in lone times ago and in the remote area,Tangshan great earthquake had become the permanent grief of Chinese people.3:42 on July28,1976,the magnitude 7.8 quake lasted only ten seconds but became the biggest disaster of mankind in the twentith century.
About240000 people were killed ,it had became the criterion of disaster in Chinese people’s memory.
Kashmir quake happed in 2005, the two neighbouring enemy countries: India and Pakistan setted the prejudice aside in front of disaster and open actual control line to make people see a thread of light in the quake.
Enumerating the expression after the quake is not just repeating the grief and bitter brought by quakes,but encouraging people to believe their shtrong power duqing the harsh experience.It is becauce such expriences that people can see the hope of renascence.