#13: Summarize/Paraphrase Practise

What we experienced lately is not a joke. According to DiMassa (2010), we have observed more and more earthquakes this year, as of 70 were reported until April (par. 2). However, these unfortunate events are unable to be explained completely, due to its fluctuating frequency (par. 3). It is predicted that more and more earthquake will happen. DiMassa mentions that more than 1000 aftershocks were reported, of which 12 is higher than 5.0 (par. 8). She also points out some major earthquakes including the Mexicali, the Landers,the Whittier Narrows, and the Northridge earthquake - which caused the most serious damage (par. 10). It is believed that since the beginning of the last decade, earthquake frequency has been pretty random (par. 11). Although scientists state that more destructive earthquake will not happen, what happened recently in Haiti and Chile make people concerned about the threat (par. 17). For this year, it is claimed that a large quake will result in several "seismic activity" (par. 22). Let's hope that no serious earthquake will happen within the end of this year.

Link: http://articles.latimes.com/2010/apr/12/local/la-me-quake13-2010apr13


DiMassa, Cara. (2010, April 12). More moving and shaking, but why? Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 14 , 2010, from http://articles.latimes.com/2010/apr/12/local/la-me-quake13-2010apr13