(ふぃりぴん)

Philippines

(おき)

offshore / open sea

(じしん)

earthquake

(ひがい)

damage; harm

(ひろがる)

to spread

(ちかく)

nearby

(うみ)

sea, ocean

(つよい)

strong

(はっせい)

occurrence / outbreak

(しんげん)

earthquake epicenter

(そこ)

bottom

(ふかさ)

depth

(やく)

approximately, about

(きろめーとる)

kilometer

(きぼ)

scale / magnitude

(まぐにちゅーど)

magnitude

(こえる)

to exceed

(かいがん)

Seashore; coast; beach

(ちかい)

near / close

(まち)

town

(おおく)

many, much

(たてもの)

building

(たおれる)

to collapse; to fall down

(どうろ)

Road; street

(おおきな)

big (attrib.)

(けがにん)

injured person

(なくなる)

to pass away; to die (polite)

(ひと)

person / people

(かくにん)

confirmation, checking

(きゅうじょ)

rescue; relief

(さぎょう)

work, operation

(いま)

now

(つづく)

to continue

(あと)

after

(しゅうへん)

surroundings / vicinity

(くにぐに)

countries / various nations

(つなみ)

tsunami; tidal wave

(けいかい)

vigilance; warning; caution

(よびかける)

to call out; to appeal

(きしょうちょう)

Japan Meteorological Agency

(にほん)

Japan

(ねんのため)

just in case / to be safe

(ようす)

appearance; state

(かんさつ)

observation

(せんもんか)

expert, specialist

(こんご)

from now on; in the future

(しばらく)

for a while

(よしん)

aftershock

(ちゅうい)

caution, warning

(もとめる)

to seek, request

(これまで)

until now / so far

possessive / connective の

フィリピンの近くの海 uses の to connect nouns (the sea near the Philippines).

to occur / to break out

強い地震が発生しました states that a strong earthquake occurred.

is approximately ~

深さは約10キロメートル states the depth was about 10 km using 約.

to exceed, surpass

Indicates surpassing a quantity; the number exceeds nine million houses (九百万軒を超え).

is believed / seen to be

Expresses that something is presumed or regarded to be the case, common in news reporting.

by means of / through

Expresses the means by which something is achieved — through sport, everyone can live together.

also to/by ~

Combines に (direction/target) with も (also).

to appear / to be produced

Used with nouns like 被害 (damage) to mean 'damage occurred'. Here: 'とても大きい被害が出ています' (very large damage has occurred).

it is confirmed that ~

いることが確認されました nominalizes with こと and reports that it was confirmed there were casualties.

is doing, has been doing (ongoing state/action)

Expresses a continuing action or resulting state. Formed with て-form + いる. Can describe an action in progress or a state resulting from a past change.

to / toward (direction/target)

津波への警戒 uses へ to mark the target of the alert (vigilance toward the tsunami).

passive voice: was/were ~ed

Passive form indicating that the subject receives the action. '食べられて' means 'were eaten'. Central grammar of this article about tulips being eaten by deer.

because of ~, for the reason of ~

Used to explain why food is scarce now: because tree nuts grew earlier than usual.

to request/urge that ~

注意するよう求めています means experts are urging people to be careful of aftershocks.

フィリピン沖で地震　被害が広がる

Earthquake off the Philippines; damage spreads

フィリピンの近くの海で、強い地震が発生しました。

A strong earthquake occurred in the sea near the Philippines.

震源は海の底で、深さは約10キロメートルでした。

The epicenter was at the bottom of the sea, at a depth of about 10 kilometers.

地震の規模はマグニチュード7を超えたとみられています。

The scale of the earthquake is believed to have exceeded magnitude 7.

この地震によって、海岸に近い町では多くの建物が倒れ、道路にも大きな被害が出ています。

Because of this earthquake, many buildings have collapsed in towns near the coast, and roads have also suffered major damage.

これまでに、けが人や亡くなった人がいることが確認されました。

So far, it has been confirmed that there are injured people and people who have died.

救助の作業が今も続いています。

Rescue work is still continuing.

地震の後、周辺の国々にも津波への警戒が呼びかけられました。

After the earthquake, surrounding countries were also urged to be on alert for a tsunami.

日本の気象庁も、念のため海の様子を観察しています。

Japan's Meteorological Agency is also observing the state of the sea just in case.

専門家は、今後しばらく余震に注意するよう求めています。

Experts are calling for people to watch out for aftershocks for some time to come.