地震是由于沿地壳裂缝(或称做断层)的岩石发生位移而引起的。当相邻的岩石被拉向相反方向时就产生了断层。

Earthquakes are caused by the shifting of rocks along cracks, or faults, in the earth's crust. the fault in produced when rocks near each other are pulled in different directions.

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冰岛的国土一直处于地质活跃中。从雷克雅未克乘飞机飞行一个小时，途中尽是冒着蒸汽的地热区、巨大的地壳裂缝以及岛国最著名的几座火山。

Iceland is geology in action. A one-hour flight from Reykjavik skims over steaming geothermal areas, the great crustal rift and some of the country's most famous volcanoes.

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第一个预测模型沿着地震断层，即地壳中的裂缝，寻找所谓的地震缝隙。

The first prediction model looks along earthquake faults, those cracks in the Earth's crust, to find what are known as seismic gaps.

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