美国国家航空和航天管理局（NASA）的科学家托尼·宋（Tony Song）则将在会议上告诉大家，冰川断裂可能导致地震，并在智利、新西兰和加拿大纽芬兰等海域引发海啸。
There is also a danger of earthquakes, triggered by disintegrating glaciers, causing tsunamis off Chile, New Zealand and Newfoundland in Canada, Nasa scientist Tony Song will tell the conference.
原理很简单：一个在之前的强地震中断裂的断层带，一旦再次聚集了足够大的压力后，将可能再次引发同等级别的地震。
The principle is simple: a fault segment that has ruptured in a large quake in the past will-once enough strain has again accumulated-likely fail again in a similar-size earthquake.
而最大的影响可能作用于最初引发地震的断层：毗邻滑动部分的断层将更可能发生断裂。
The biggest effect may be on the first fault itself: Parts of the fault immediately adjacent to the part that slipped may be brought closer to failure.
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