Few experts thought the seismic zone off Sendai, Japan, was capable of such violence.

专家均不认为日本仙台地区附近的地震带会再次发生像此次地震一样的强烈地震。

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LOOK closely at a time-zone map of the western hemisphere. You will see a small area carved out of the Atlantic zone off the east coast of Canada.

仔细看看西半球的时区图，你会发现有一小块从加拿大东海岸大西洋中挖出来的地区。

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In the past few centuries, the subduction zone off the coast of Sendai has generated earthquakes of up to magnitude 8 or so, but nothing as powerful as a 9, which releases 30 times more energy.

在过去的几个世纪里，仙台沿海地区的俯冲带发生的地震震级最大才达到8级，从未达到过9级，而这次地震释放的能量是8级地震的30倍。

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And with results going against County they slipped out of the Nationwide South play-off zone.

BBC: SPORT | Football | Non League | County loss ends play-off hopes

The Cascadia Subduction Zone, just off the regional coastline, produced a mega-quake in the year 1700.

NPR: Report Makes Chilling Forecast On Northwest Quake

Goals from Robert Snodgrass, Ross McCormack and Luciano Becchio saw Leeds defeat 10-man Ipswich and move to within a point of the play-off zone.

BBC: Sport - Leeds 3-1 Ipswich