【摘要】 ２０世纪中国是世界上地震灾害最严重的国家。地震造成的经济损失最严重的是日本，美国、中国居第二、三位。全世界地震灾情有逐世纪加重的趋势。地震减灾研究有两点进展：１．中国有一次成功的临震预报；２．日本抗震建筑有效。全世界的未来地震灾情形势依然严峻更多还原

【Abstract】 During the 20th century,China is a country with the most serious earthquake disasters in the world In economic losses caused by earthquakes,Japan is the most serious,the United States and China are respectively at the second and the third There is a tendency to increase century by century in the worldwide earthquake disasters In the studies of earthquake reduction disaster,progress has been made in two respects:1 There is a successful forecast of impending earthquake in China;2 Earthquake resistant buildings are good in Japan The future situation of the worldwide earthquake disasters is still grim更多还原