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American's golden state
加州号称美国的黄金之州
lives in the constant shadow of an enormous earthquake,
却始终笼罩在大地震的阴影之下
and because of this they throw more money
也正因为此 他们在地震研究上
into studying these disasters than anywhere else.
投入的资金 比其他任何地方都多
At the heart of this effort
这项研究的核心机构
is the United States Geological Survey,
是美国地质勘探局
the nerve centre of earthquake monitoring.
地震监测的中枢机构
This is a map showing
这幅地图显示了
the global earthquakes of the last week
上周以来全球发生的地震
Any time you look at this picture
无论何时看这张地图
there's going to be aspects of it
大致情况都会
that are gonna look a lot like this.
跟这十分相近
You're gonna see this distribution down California
你会看到加州这里分布[特别密集]
because this map is showing
因为这张地图上标出了
smaller magnitude earthquakes in California.
加州发生的较小震级的地震
We are running our own networks here
加州这里有自己专门的监测台网
The red shows that we've just had an earthquake,
红色表示刚刚有地震发生
this is at the Northern end of Japan.
地震位于日本的北端
There's usually something in Japan every week
一般日本每周都会发生
that's large enough to show up here.
强到足以在这显示出来的地震
The South Pacific is one of the
南太平洋地区是目前
active areas of the world right now.
活跃的地震带之一
You'll see a few things spread around,
还可以看到这些分散分布点
somewhere through Asia essentially all the time.
亚洲的这带区域 总是有地震发生
For seismologists like Lucy Jones,
对于像露西·琼斯的地震学者来说
it's no longer a mystery
地震为何如此频繁
why the earth suffers so many quakes.
已不再是个谜了
