The fault slip that happens in an earthquake changes the stress acting on other faults in the area, and may influence how close they are to failure themselves.

地震时发生的断层滑动确实会造成作用在该地区其他断层上的压力的改变，从而改变这些断层发生断裂的可能性。

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Mann equates the fault in Haiti with the San Andreas fault in California, as both have plates that slip and grind past one another in a horizontal direction.

曼认为海地的断层与加利福尼亚圣安地列斯的断层是相似的，因为两者的板块都在朝地平线的方向相互滑动研磨。

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The earthquake occurred along the North Anatolian strike-slip fault that extends roughly east-west beneath the Gulf of Izmit.

地震发生的北安纳托尼亚平移断层带，大约沿伊兹·米特湾呈东西向分布。

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There are different kinds of faults. In this case,the damage was caused by movement of a "strike-slip fault."

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