地震学家说还会有这样的大地震随时袭击。
Seismologists had said another such quake could strike the city any time.
事实上，地震学家说，预测地震何时何地发生几乎是不可能的。
In fact, seismologists say, it is nearly impossible to predict when and where an earthquake will strike.
而地震学家也推理说较高的潮汐相对于正常的潮汐来说只是会让地震提前几天或者几小时发生而已。
Seismologists theorize that the higher tide could cause an earthquake to occur just a few days or hours earlier than it would have at normal tide.
早在今年一月的时候，日本地震学家就曾警告说太平洋洋底日本东北海岸下的板块相互冲撞会导致造成倾斜、引起灾难。
BACK in January, Japanese seismologists warned that the tectonic plates colliding beneath the Pacific Ocean off the North-East coast of Japan were poised to slip catastrophically.
“仙台曾经发生过地震，但是却没有发生过强烈大地震，”麻布金森说，他是美国帕萨迪纳加州理工学院的地震学家。
"There has been seismicity but not really great-earthquake seismicity," says Hiroo Kanamori, a seismologist at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena.
然而，地震学家警告说，人们不能只是等着地震学家来提供这些地震何时将会发生的精确时间(因为他们无法准确预测地震发生的时间)。
Seismologists warn, however, that no one should wait for them to deliver more precise timing on when exactly these temblors will hit.
Calais说，由于海地的安全隐忧和由一个有恶劣的道路交通系统造成的艰难的工作环境，地震学家对海地没有重视。
Calais says that because Haiti poses safety concerns and a difficult work environment with a poor road access system, it's been neglected by seismologists.
“海啸属于小概率偶发事件，”海啸警报中心地震学家PaulHuang说，“而校定大型事件又很难。
“Tsunamis are rare events,” said Paul Huang, a seismologist with the tsunami warning center. “And calibrating the big events is hard.
地震学家巴里·赫尔(Barry Hull)说，如果7级强度的地震震中是距离墨尔本商务中心区的50公里范围内，就可能导致大范围的建筑物毁坏，特别是那些高达四层楼的老建筑物。
Seismologist Barry Hull said a magnitude 7 quake with an epicentre within a 50km radius of Melbourne's CBD would cause extensive structural damage, particularly to older buildings up to four storeys.
不是如此，地震学家们说，这并非是我们地球的地层要解体的征兆。
And no, it's not a signal that the planet is coming apart at the seams, seismologists say.
然而，二十年后再回顾，地震学家们说海湾地区是幸运的。
Looking back 20 years later, however, seismologists say the Bay Areagot lucky.
“公众可能会觉得不可思议，”林说：“但对地震学家来说是情理之中。”
"It might be a surprising result to the public," Lin says. "But it's not a surprising result to an earthquake scientist like myself."
“公众可能会觉得不可思议，”林说：“但对地震学家来说是情理之中。”
"It might be a surprising result to the public," Lin says. "But it's not a surprising result to an earthquake scientist like myself."
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