在不尋常的地震群中不可能有數十次地震襲擊緬因州

在不尋常的地震群中不可能有數十次地震襲擊緬因州
Dozens of earthquakes hit unlikely state of Maine in unusual seismic swarm
Friday, May 06, 2011
by: Jonathan Benson, staff writer
Translation by Autumnson Blog

(NaturalNews) Last weekend, a mysterious swarm of earthquake events struck the US state of Maine in what seismic experts have dubbed a "microquake" event. A region not typically prone to earthquakes, portions of Maine allegedly feel a small shake or two in an average year as a result of earth plate movement, but in recent days there have been dozens of shaking events, which has stirred up area residents. And though geologists insist that the earthquakes are nothing to worry about, some locals have expressed concern that the quake swarm might be an atypical precursor to something worse.
（NaturalNews）上週末，一次神秘的地震群事件襲擊美國緬因州，在地震專家稱為是“微震“的事件。一個通常不容易發生地震的地區，緬因州的部分由於地球板塊運動，在一普通的年份據稱感到一或兩次小震動；但在最日有數十次的震動事件，已攪動當地的居民。及雖然地質學家堅持地震是什麼可擔心的，一些當地人已表達關注，地震群可能是一些更糟糕東西的非典型先兆。
According to a recent report in Bangor Daily News, many area residents living between and around the towns of Belfast and Bucksport where the quakes hit, have been calling authorities with reports of sounds resembling "gunshots and shotgun blasts," as well as reports of their homes shaking and pictures and items falling off walls and shelves. The events have been so strange, in fact, that many residents have been reporting them as explosions rather than earthquakes, implying that there is something uniquely unusual about them compared to normal earthquakes.
據最近一份在Bangor日報的報導，許多地區的居民，生活在貝爾法斯特和巴克斯波特之間和周圍城鎮，那裡遭受地震的打擊，已致電當局報告聲音類似“槍聲和獵槍爆炸，“以及他們家園震動的報告，及圖片和物品跌下牆壁和貨架。事件已是那麼奇怪，事實上，許多居民一直報告它們為爆炸而不是地震，暗示相比正常的地震，有一些有關他們的東西獨特地不尋常。
"We'll continue to investigate," said Searsport Police Chief Dick LaHaye, who has been dealing with many of these calls in recent days, to Bangor Daily News. "There's obviously something going on. It's outside of the police purview at this point, but we'll continue to respond to any and all calls that come in."

Henry Berry, a bedrock geologist from the Maine Geological Survey, told the paper during the phone interview that the quakes were basically inconsequential, and that they were hardly noticeable. But based on the accounts from actual people who felt the quakes ,and who witnessed the shaking and damage caused by them, such a dismissal is hard to swallow at face value.

Sources for this story include:
http://new.bangordailynews.com/2011/05/03/news/swarm-of-tiny-earthquakes-stretches-from-belfast-to-bucksport/

http://www.naturalnews.com/032297_earthquakes_seismic_activity.html