Such quakes occur after tectonic stresses build up for years and the plates abruptly slip.(此類地震在構造的壓力長年累積、板塊突然滑動時發生。)

Wilson suggested that the long chain of volcanoes stretching northwest from Hawaii is simply the surface expression of a long-lived volcanic source located beneath the tectonic plate in the mantle.(威爾遜認為，夏威夷向西北延伸的火山長鏈只是一個長期存于板塊下、地幔中的火山源在板塊表面的表現。)

So, in recent years, some geologists have used plate tectonic theory to make what they call geopredictions.(因此，近年來，一些地質學家會利用板塊構造理論來進行他們所謂的地質預測。)

Are the earthquakes shifting other tectonic plates and causes more earthquakes?(地震會不會轉移至其他的地殼版塊從而引起更多的地震？)

Now these tectonic plates support the continents and oceans.(現在這些地殼板塊支撐著大陸和海洋。)

There is no denying that the entire media industry is grappling with tectonic change.(不可否認，整個媒體業都正在努力適應這種結構上的變化。)

As that pressure builds, tectonic tremors can agitate Chambers.(當這種壓力形成時，構造震動會引起巖漿室的激蕩。)

Earthquakes are caused by two tectonic plates bumping into each other.(地震是由兩塊地殼構造板塊互相碰撞造成的。)

On Oct. 10, a quake occurred very near the Emerald Crystal and was reported nationally. Unlike "usual" tectonic quakes, it did not scare the animals.(10月10日，翡翠水晶附近發生地震，全國都有報道。與“尋常”的構造地震不同，這次地震沒有嚇到動物。)

Tehran sits where two tectonic plates clash and is criss-crossed by fault lines.(德黑蘭地處兩大板塊交接，斷層線交叉地。)