第三届国际大陆地震讨论会将于2002年9月16～19日在北京召开。这是一个系列性的国际学术讨论会.每10年举行一次.前两届国际大陆地震讨论会分别于1982和1992年召开. 大陆地震是对人类生存安全和社会经济发展危害很大的灾害.1990年伊朗鲁得巴尔大地震造成4万人死亡;1993年印度拉土尔地震死亡上万人;1994年美国洛山矶地震造成200亿美元的经济损失;1995年日本神户地震造成 The Third International Mainland Earthquake Symposium will be held in Beijing from September 16 to September 19, 2002. This is a series of international symposiums, which are held every 10 years.The first two sessions of the International Continental Seismological Symposium were held in 1982 and 1992 respectively.The mainland earthquake is a disastrous hazard to human survival and safety and social and economic development. 90,000 people died in the earthquake in Rindar, Iran in 1990; tens of thousands of people died in the Earthquake in 1993 in Latour, India; 20 billion U.S. dollars in economic losses caused by the Los Angeles Earthquake in 1994; 1995 earthquake in Kobe, Japan