编者按:中国近几年已经发生了多次大规模地震,仅在龙门山断裂带就有了2008年5月份达到8.0级的汶川地震和今年4月份里氏震级为7.0的雅安芦山地震,两次地震都造成了巨大的损失。对于地震,目前国际上很难进行预测预报,日本也仅能完成地震发生当口的速报,为受影响人群赢得几秒钟的提前期。在可预见的将来,我们恐怕也无法实现地震预报研究上的突破,这样,应急响应和救援就成为地震灾害发生后极其重要的环节。 Editor’s Note: There have been several large-scale earthquakes in China in recent years. Only in the Longmenshan fault zone there was the Wenchuan earthquake that hit 8.0 in May 2008 and the Ya’an Lushan earthquake in which the Richter scale was 7.0 in April this year. Both earthquakes caused huge losses. As for the earthquake, it is very difficult for the world to predict and predict the current situation. Japan can only complete the quick report of the earthquake and win a few seconds lead time for the affected people. In the foreseeable future, we may not be able to achieve a breakthrough in earthquake prediction research. In this way, emergency response and rescue become an extremely important link after the earthquake disaster.