Sevilgen says that whenever there is a large earthquake, there is a big change in stress along the fault line.

瑟韦尔根说每当发生大地震，沿着断层线会有很大的压力变化。

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If you're on this top-10 list, hopefully it will motivate you to be better prepared in the event of a large earthquake.

如果你是在上述名单列举的地区，那么你最好做好可能发生大地震的准备。

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In order to reduce the risk of an earthquake and reduce and mitigate its effects, it is necessary to predict where and when a future, large earthquake may occur.

为了降低地震危险性(一定地区在未来一段时间内可能发生破坏性地震的危险程度)和减少地震带来的危害，那么预测一下未来是否有一场大地震，它将在何时何地发生，这就显得很有必要。

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And scientists had not expected such a large earthquake happening off the coast of Japan.

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The earthquake displaces a large amount of water in the ocean.

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The earthquake sent large fermenting vats and one hundred gallon casks of rum, some aged fifteen years, crashing to the floor.

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All the stocks rallied on the sales beats before easing off their gains in the U.S. indexes after news of a second large earthquake in Japan caused markets to sell off late Thursday morning.

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"It seems to reason that a large earthquake in one location could provide the extra force needed in another nearby location, to stretch that rubber band to the breaking point, thus triggering another earthquake, " Miller said.

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The March 11 earthquake and tsunami destroyed large parts of Japan's north-eastern coast, causing a nuclear crisis at the Fukushima power plant.

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