Japan's prime minister, Naoto Kan, demanded a temporary shutdown of the power plant at Hamaoka, an ageing facility near a tectonic fault line.

日本首相菅直人要求暂时关闭滨岗核电站，这座老旧的核电站位于一地壳断层附近。

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The world is in a situation akin to sitting at the fault line between two tectonic plates straining against each other.

当今世界处于一种两阵对垒极度向对方施压的局面。

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The cave's initial principal stress is tectonic stress, and the Max main stress's direction is perpendicular to the power house's stalk line.

洞室地应力以构造应力为主，其最大主应力方向与厂房轴线方向近垂直。

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It is along or near this fault line that most of California's earthquakes take place, as the two tectonic plates move in different directions.

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The earthquake happened along a line where the Earth's Indo-Australian and Eurasian tectonic plates grind together, in the waters west of Sumatra.

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But where do you draw the line between giving into the latest craze and getting out in front of a tectonic shift in eating habits?

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