assuming it had been building that fast since darwin’s day, the gap was 「a likely spot for a major [magnitude-8.0 to 8.5] subduction earthquake in the coming decades, 」 they wrote.
假设从达尔文勘察的地震起立即开始聚集压力,那么这一地震带「在未来几十年里将很可能再次发生大型(里氏8.0-8.5级)的俯沖地震,」他们写道。