More data needs to be collected to see whether this mechanism applies to similar seismic zones in the world, he said.
他说要证明这一作用过程是否适用于世界上类似的地震带，还需收集更多的数据。But soon after he and his wife, Manya Pierce, joined the network, Yorba Linda was at the center of a swarm of small earthquakes.
但是在他和他的妻子马尼亚·皮尔斯（ManyaPierce）加入地震捕手网络后不久，发现约巴林达处在一群小地震带中心。Japan is situated along the so-called Pacific Rim of Fire, at the point where the Pacific and Eurasian tectonic plates collide.
日本位于太平洋和亚欧构造板块的碰撞点，即所谓的环太平洋地震带（PacificRimofFire）上，遭遇强震的风险巨大。The dam was completed less than two years ago despite concerns raised at the time about building it so close to a seismic fault line.
尽管当时这座大坝因过于靠近地震带而引起关注，但还是于2年前完工了。How else can vulnerable human beings make sense of living on the side of volcanoes or on top of earthquake faults?
除此之外，生活在火山边或地震带上的脆弱人类还能如何去理解生存这件事呢？The main active area for this group of large shocks is along the mid-western segment of the Yinshan-Yanshan seis mic belt in North China.
这一强震组发生的主体地区为华北北部的阴山、燕山地震带的中西段；Relevant data show that the western coast of the United States and Canada, Pacific Rim volcanic earthquakes also belt.
有关资料显示，美国和加拿大西部沿岸也在环太平洋火山地震带上。Towns grow at the feet of active volcanoes, cities build walls to hold back the sea, and skyscrapers5 continue to rise in earthquake zones.
小镇在活火山底下发展，城市筑起围墙挡住海水，摩天大楼继续在地震带崛起。Turkey lies in one of the world's most active seismic zones and is crossed by numerous fault lines.
土耳其所在地区是地球上最活跃的地震带之一，位于不计其数的断层线之上。