英语翻译In Sept.1923,Tokyo and Yokohama were both destroyed by a

英语翻译
In Sept.1923,Tokyo and Yokohama were both destroyed by an earthquake and the fires that followed it.They had to be completely rebuilt.One of the most serious earthquakes was in China’s Shanxi Province in 1556.It killed almost one million people.
We measure an earthquake’s strength on the Richter scale.The Richter scale was introduced in 1935 in Southern California in the USA.It measures earthquakes on a scale of one to ten.Any earthquake measuring five or more is usually serious.The earth’s crust (地壳) is make up of layers of rock called plates.As these plates move,they sometimes crash against each other,causing the crust to quake.In cities such as Tokyo,where small quakes happen quite often,many modern buildings are designed to be flexible so when the earth moves,they move with it.
Earthquakes can also break up gas and oil pipes.This can cause fires to break out,which can do as much damage as the earthquake itself.Another effect of earthquakes is tsunamis.These are huge waves created by earthquakes beneath the sea.They can be many metres high and cause great damage to coastal towns and cities.China,Japan,Russia and the USA have the highest occurrence of earthquakes in the world.

1923年9月,东京和横滨被地震和随后的大火所摧毁,这两个城市不得不彻底重建.最严重的地震之一发生于1556年中国的山西省,其导致近一百万人死亡.
我们用里氏震级来计量地震强度.里氏震级在1935使用于美国加利福尼亚南部（的一次地震震级计量）.里氏震级计量地震震级为一到十级.超过五级及以上的震级通常就比较严重了.地壳由称作板块的岩石层构成.当这些板块移动时,它们有时会互相碰撞挤压,引起地壳震动.在像东京这样的城市中,（由于）小型地震频繁发生,（所以）许多现代建筑被设计得非常弹性,这样,当地表移动时,这些现代建筑也随之移动.
地震也会破坏天然气和石油管道,这能引起火灾爆发,火灾可以导致比地震本身更为严重的多的破坏.地震导致的另一个灾难是海啸,这些巨浪由海底地震所引起,它们高达数米,造成海岸城镇的巨大毁坏.中国、日本、俄罗斯和美国都是世界上地震的高发区.