Strong quake hits East China Sea_科学技术

Strong quake hits East China Sea

文章来源：文章作者：发布时间：2007-04-20 06:06 字体： [大中小]　进入论坛

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BEIJING, April 20 -- A quake measuring 6.3 on the Richter scale hit East China Sea at 8:26 a.m. Friday (Beijing Time), China's Seismological Monitoring Network reported.

The epicenter, at 25.7 degrees north latitude¹ and 125.1 degrees east longitude², was about 350 km to the east of Taipei and about 450 km from the nearest coastline of the Chinese mainland, the network said.

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1 latitude
n.纬度，行动或言论的自由(范围)，(pl.)地区
参考例句：
The latitude of the island is 20 degrees south.该岛的纬度是南纬20度。 The two cities are at approximately the same latitude.这两个城市差不多位于同一纬度上。

2 longitude
n.经线，经度
参考例句：
The city is at longitude 21°east.这个城市位于东经21度。 He noted the latitude and longitude,then made a mark on the admiralty chart.他记下纬度和经度，然后在航海图上做了个标记。

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