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淺源地震

简浅源地震 · 繁淺源地震

Mandarin · pinyin qiǎn yuán dì zhèn

shallow earthquake (with epicenter less than 70 km deep)

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淺: Look up this written character
源: yuán · spring; source, head; surname
地: de · dì · earth; soil, ground; region
震: zhèn · shake, quake, tremor; excite; trigram ☳; hexagram ䷲
浅: qiǎn · shallow, not deep; superficial

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3–2–4–4 · qian3 yuan2 di4 zhen4

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cin2 jyun4 dei6 zan3

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