墨西哥發生該國百年來最強烈地震

Mexico has been hit by its biggest earthquake in nearly a century, triggering tsunami warnings across much of Central America’s western coast.

墨西哥發生該國將近一個世紀以來最大的地震，導致中美洲西海岸衆多地區發佈海嘯警報。

The size of the quake off its south-west coast near its border with Guatemala varied in initial estimates but President Enrique Pe?a Nieto said it had a magnitude of 8.2.

地震發生在墨西哥西南海岸外靠近墨西哥-危地馬拉邊界的地方。各種初步估計給出的震級各不相同，但墨西哥總統恩裏克?培尼亞?涅託(Enrique Pe?a Nieto)表示震級爲8.2級。

The quake was felt powerfully in Mexico City, where the golden Angel of Independence — one of the city’s most emblematic landmarks — swayed precariously along with lampposts.

墨西哥城震感強烈，該城最具象徵意義的地標之一、金色的“獨立天使”像(Angel of Independence)和路燈柱一起劇烈晃動。

The warning of a potential tsunami threat was issued by the US Tsunami Warning System and covers Ecuador, Nicaragua, Panama, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador and Costa Rica.

美國的海嘯預警系統(Tsunami Warning System)發佈了關於潛在海嘯威脅的預警，預警涵蓋厄瓜多爾、尼加拉瓜、巴拿馬、危地馬拉、洪都拉斯、厄瓜多爾和哥斯達黎加。

Mr Pe?a Nieto said that the quake had been “intense, prolonged and very strong”, and noted 42 aftershocks had been registered and more were likely.

培尼亞?涅託表示此次地震“很劇烈、時間長、強度大”，並指出已記錄了42次餘震，而且很可能還有餘震。

“This is the strongest earthquake we have registered in at least the last 100 years,” the president said in an message from the National Disasater Prevention Centre. He confirmed five people had been reported dead but said it was too early to quantify damage.

“這是我們記錄的至少百年來的最強烈地震，”這位總統在墨西哥國家防災中心(National Disasater Prevention Centre)發表講話稱。他證實據報已有5人遇難，但他表示現在量化損失還爲時太早。