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There are not a whole lot of earthquakes in London, you know
倫敦沒有經歷過多少地震
and the ones that happen are piddly and not worth studying.
發生的也都是些小地震 沒有研究價值
So in my game where you need major things,
所以我傾向于研究大地震
you'd really like...
感興趣的是
something bigger than a seven.
大于7級的地震
Eight's nice, nine is terrific.
8級很好 9級就太棒了
Not so good for people,
對人們來說不是好事
but terrific for the scientists.
而對科學家來說卻是天大的好事
Roger Bilham was born in England
羅杰·比爾漢生于倫敦
but moved to America to be nearer to faults like the San Andreas,
后移居美國 以就近研究圣安地列斯這樣的斷層
cause of the 1906 earthquake.
該斷層曾引發1906年的那場地震
So here look, have a look at this,
看這里 看看這個
this beautiful flat valley here with a hill on each side.
這個風景美麗地勢平坦的山谷 兩傍依山
The fault runs right down the middle
斷層就在下面正中的位置
and this slipped in 1906.
這里在1906年的時候滑動了
It slipped only about two metres here,
僅滑動了大約2米
as we get further north it slips increasingly more
等我們再往北走 那里的滑動越來越大
until you get north of San Francisco
到了舊金山北部
where it becomes about six metres of slip in 1906.
那里在1906年滑動了大約6米
