自7月4日以來(lái)，加州已記錄了3000次地震

Seismologists Have Already Recorded 3,000 Earthquakes in California Since July 4

自7月4日以來(lái)，地震學(xué)家已經(jīng)在加利福尼亞記錄了3000次地震。

Seismologists in California have recorded more than 3,000 earthquakessince the Fourth of July, when a 6.4 magnitude temblorrattled the southern part of the state.

自7月4日該州南部發(fā)生6.4級(jí)地震以來(lái)，加州地震學(xué)家已經(jīng)記錄了3000多次地震。

Officials now believe that the initial jolt was a foreshock.

政府現(xiàn)在認(rèn)為最初的地震是前震。

Since Thursday morning, there have been 340 earthquakes with a magnitude stronger than 3, 54 with a magnitude stronger than 4, six with a magnitude stronger than 5, and one 7.1 magnitude quake on Friday, Caltech seismologist Egill Hauksson told reporters on Saturday.

加州理工大學(xué)地震學(xué)家歐克森(Egill Hauksson)周六對(duì)記者表示，自周四上午以來(lái)，共發(fā)生340次3級(jí)以上地震，54次4級(jí)以上地震，6次5級(jí)以上地震，周五甚至發(fā)生一次7.1級(jí)地震。

Seismologist Lucy Jones tweetedSaturday night that "larger quakes are looking more improbable" but that magnitude 4 earthquakes are "certain" in the next week, and some magnitude 5s are "likely".

地震學(xué)家露西·瓊斯(Lucy Jones)周六晚上在推特上說(shuō)，“更大的地震看起來(lái)不太可能發(fā)生”，但4級(jí)地震在下周“肯定會(huì)發(fā)生”，一些5級(jí)地震“很可能會(huì)發(fā)生”。

"The sequence is decaying, and the decay rate is on the high side of average," she said. "So the probabilities of more aftershocks are dropping."

她說(shuō)：“這個(gè)序列正在衰減，衰減率處于平均水平的高水平。”因此，更多余震的可能性正在下降。”

Seismologists also said they expect to ultimately record more than 30,000 earthquakes at a magnitude 1 or higher.

地震學(xué)家還表示，他們預(yù)計(jì)最終將記錄超過(guò)3萬(wàn)次1級(jí)或大于1級(jí)的地震。

The quakes have centered around California's Searles Valley, near the town of Ridgecrest, which has bore the brunt of the damage.

地震主要發(fā)生在加利福尼亞州的瑟爾斯山谷附近的Ridgecrest鎮(zhèn)，這里是受災(zāi)最嚴(yán)重的地區(qū)。

There have been no fatalities and only minor injuries, but authorities have recorded a number of fires and buildings that sustained major structural damage.

目前沒(méi)有人員死亡報(bào)告，部分人員受輕傷，但地震還是引發(fā)了一些火災(zāi)，建筑物也遭受了重大破壞。

Photos from recent days have revealed a number of deep fissures throughout the Mojave Desert, as well as cracks in highways and lopsided houses.

最近幾天的照片顯示，莫哈韋沙漠上出現(xiàn)了許多深深的裂縫，高速公路和傾斜的房屋也出現(xiàn)了裂縫。