評(píng)論
打印
Would you live directly on it, Ken?
肯 你會(huì)住在斷層上嗎
No, when we were looking for a house,
不會(huì) 我們找房子的時(shí)候
we looked at some houses
看過(guò)一些建在
that were right on top of the Sierra Madre fault
塞拉馬里斷層正上方的房子
and we decided to keep looking.
然后決定繼續(xù)找別的
Similarly, when we were looking at the house,
同樣地 當(dāng)我們?cè)诳捶孔訒r(shí)
I was probably more interested in the structural integrity of it
我比其他人對(duì)房子結(jié)構(gòu)的整體性
and the construction of it than most people would be.
和其構(gòu)造更為關(guān)注
Geologist Ken Hudnut works for the US GS,
地質(zhì)學(xué)家肯·哈德納特在美國(guó)地質(zhì)局工作
preparing Los Angeles for the next big earthquake.
正在為洛杉磯的下一次強(qiáng)震作準(zhǔn)備
You can see here a brand new development
你可以看到那一片新開(kāi)發(fā)區(qū)
going right up to the Cucamonga Falls.
正往上向著庫(kù)卡蒙加瀑布開(kāi)發(fā)
We think that that fault is capable of a magnitude 7.5,
我們認(rèn)為 即使沒(méi)有圣安地列斯斷層
7.6 earthquake on its own,
那個(gè)斷層也能
without any involvement of the San Andreas Fault itself.
獨(dú)自引發(fā)7.5級(jí)或7.6級(jí)地震
That gap is there because
為了與斷層保持一定距離
they have to set back away from the fault,
所以那片地空了出來(lái)
that's the case for any fault that's considered active,
對(duì)于所有活躍斷層一律采取這種措施
and by that, the state law says
同時(shí) 本州法律規(guī)定
if it has had surface faulting within the last 10,000 years
規(guī)劃地必須與在近一萬(wàn)年內(nèi)發(fā)生過(guò)
you need to set back from it.
地表斷裂活動(dòng)的地區(qū)保持距離
