据路透社华盛顿1977年12月16日电,美国地质调查局今天说,该局将增进研究尝试,来同该局所预测的那些将在今后袭击美国一些地方的破坏性地震进行斗争。该局在一份声明中说,供研究如何预报地震和估价危险性的经费将从一千八百万美元增加到1978年财政年度的三千万美元。该局地震研究办公室主任汉密尔顿说,研究经费的大幅度增加“反映了对美国未来的一些大地震的潜在破坏性后果所给予的高度重视”。 Washington, December 16, 1977 (Reuters) - The Geological Survey said today that it will step up its research efforts to fight the devastating earthquake that the Bureau predicts will hit some parts of the United States in the future. In a statement, the agency said funding to study how to predict the magnitude of the earthquake and the valuation will increase from 18 million U.S. dollars to 30 million U.S. dollars in 1978. Hamilton, director of the agency’s Office of Seismology Research, said a substantial increase in research funding “reflects the high priority given to the potentially damaging consequences of some of the major U.S. earthquakes.”