Although I've lived blocks from a major fault line for more than 12 years, I still haven't bolted our bookcases to the living room wall.

虽然12年来我住的地方都是在一条主要的断层线附近，但我仍然没有把书架固定在客厅的墙上。

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Now, this is a major fault.

现在看来，这是一个重大纰漏。

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Dark liver or puce is a major fault.

深肝色或深褐色属于主要缺陷。

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A major earthquake in nineteen ninety-four was centered along one of these smaller fault lines.

VOA: special.2010.01.12

Other major recorded earthquakes in the 17th,18th,and 19th centuries may have been produced by movement of the same fault that caused Tuesday's disaster.

VOA: standard.2010.01.13

"The last major event on that fault occurred 250 years ago, so if the fault snaps, it's going to snap by 1.7 meters, and that's about a magnitude 7 earthquake."

VOA: standard.2010.01.13

Since it runs across one of the major fault-lines in the coalition, expect some fun and games.

BBC: Week ahead

Iran sits on major fault lines -- the collision of the Arabia and Eurasia plates -- and has been prone to devastating earthquakes.

CNN: More than 300 killed, 3,000 injured in Iran earthquakes

Since Kluane lies on a major fault line, the rubbing of the two plates constantly drives the mountains even higher, so they rise at a rate similar to the speed of growing fingernails.

BBC: Kluane, Canada (Credit: Parks Canada/Fritz Mueller)