if that strain was to be released in one event, the quake would top magnitude 8.5, a so-called great earthquake.
如果这种压力一旦释放出来,地震的强度将会超过8.5级,达到所谓的特大地震的规模。
they urged other town residents unaffected by the quake and tsunami to do the same.
他们敦促其他没有受到地震和海啸影响的城镇居民也这样做。
writing in the journal nature geoscience in january, the team warned that the danger of a quake greater than magnitude 8.5 remained along the segment under padang.
这个小组一月份在《自然地球科学》杂志上发表文章警告说巴东地区下方爆发8.5级以上地震的可能性依然存在。
i've never felt a quake that strong, you know.
你知道,我从来没有遇到过如此强的地震。
before she left, cochran installed a sensor and the quake catcher program on a computer in the corner of the classroom.
在离开之前,科克伦在教室角落里的电脑上安装了一个传感器和地震捕手软件。
this estimation relied on seismological techniques measuring the first seismic waves recorded, a method that lends itself to underestimation when a quake exceeds a magnitude of 8.5.
这项估算的依据是用地震技术测量记录到的第一批地震波,这种方法在地震超过8.5级时会造成估算不足。
koichi and yukiko fujii, an elderly couple now living in tokyo, were residents of kobe when the quake hit there.
一对现在生活在东京的老年夫妇,藤井光一和藤井夕纪子曾是阪神地震时神户的居民。
this was raised in a concert he organized to help victims of the japan quake and tsunami.
这是在他举办一场音乐会募集到的善款,以帮助日本地震和海啸的受害者。
a large quake can shift huge amounts of rock and alter the distribution of mass on the planet.
一场强烈的震动可能会移动行星上的大量巖石板块结构,改变其分布的状况。
alas, despite years of intensive research, the best that seismologists can offer is the rough probability that a quake will strike a given region at some time in the next few decades.
唉,尽管经过了多年的潜心研究,地震学家所能提供的最好也不过就是地震将会在以后几十年内在某一给定区域发生的粗略可能而已。
「whether he was wrong or right in his quake behavior, we only want to make use of his talent,」 zhang added.
张补充说到,「不论他在地震中的行为是对是错,我们所需要的只是他的才华。」
but, they report the extent of devastation caused by the powerful quake is hampering their relief efforts.
但是,他们报告说,强烈地震造成的灾害程度阻碍着他们的救援努力。
although the draft program did not set any specific deadlines for these tasks, the central government previously stated that efforts to overcome the impact of the quake should take eight years.
尽管该拟计划没有为各项工作设定具体的完成时间,中央政府在早先的声明中称,将会在八年时间内克服地震带来的沖击和影响。
under such circumstances, you should immediately distance yourself from the oil or water and extinguish the flames after the quake stops.
遇到这种情况,你应该立即远离四溅的油或水,并且在震动停止后把火灭掉。