China experienced an earthquake on May 12th,2008,one of the worst disasters in the history ,

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China experienced an earthquake on May 12th,2008,one of the worst disasters in the history ,
causing heavy losses of lives and property.请问为什么cause,要用ing 形式

说的简单些,是the disaster造成了这些损失.
是disaster【主动】去造成损失的,而不是disaster【被动】造成了损失.
因此主动情况下用ing形式.