Cascadia is what's known as a " megathrust" fault.

卡斯卡迪亚断层被称为“大型逆冲”断层。

The Cascadia Subduction Zone has the potential to produce an earthquake with a magnitude up to 9.3.

卡斯卡迪亚地层潜没带有可能会产有9.3级强地震。

For hundreds of thousands of Cascadia residents, " The Big One" isn't a question of if, only when.

对成千上万卡斯卡迪亚居民来说，“大地震”不是一个是否会发题，而是何时发题。

What is the purpose of the Cascadia Rising drill?

2. Cascadia Rising 钻头用途是什么？

If the people of the Cascadia region have anything to do with it, they won't be caught unawares.

如果卡斯卡迪亚地区有所准备话，他们就不会被打个措手不及。

D) It keeps haunting Cascadia residents.

D) 它一直困扰着卡斯卡迪亚居民。

However, we didn't actually discover the Cascadia subduction zone until 1988.

然而，直到 1988 年，我们才真正发现卡斯卡迪亚俯冲带。

In a previous episode he helped us understand why the Cascadia megaquake is likely to be the worst disaster in modern history.

在上一集中，他帮助我们理解了为什么卡斯卡迪亚特大地震可能是现代史上最严重灾难。

Think Sumatra in 2004, Tohoku, Japan in 2011, and the Cascadia megathrust quake that's predicted to hit the Northwest US soon.

想想 2004 年苏门答腊岛、2011 年日本东北部，以及预计很快将袭击美国西北部卡斯卡迪亚巨型地震。

The last time a major earthquake occurred along the Cascadia fault was in 1700, so officials worry that another event could occur at any time.

卡斯卡迪亚断层上一次发大地震是在 1700 年，因此政府工作员担心随时可能发下一次地震。

We caught up with him on the phone while he was deadheading - that is, driving an empty trailer which was attached to his truck, a Freightliner Cascadia.

我们在电话中采访了他，当时他正驾驶着一辆挂在他货运卡斯卡迪亚卡车上空拖车。

The Cascadia Earthquake Zone is big enough to compete with San Andreas (it's been called the most dangerous fault in America) , but it's much lesser known than its California cousin.

卡斯卡迪亚地震带规模足以与圣安德烈亚斯断层相抗衡 (圣安德烈亚斯断层被称为美国最危险断层)，但它知名度远低于位于加州圣安德烈亚斯断层。

The Cascadia Rising drill gives area residents and emergency responders a chance to practice what to do in case of a 9.0-magnitude earthquake and tsunami along one of the nation's dangerous — and underestimated — faults.

卡斯卡迪亚断层崛起演习为当地居民和应急部门提供了一个机会，演练在9.0 级地震和海啸发时如何应对卡斯卡迪亚最危险 (可能比预计更危险) 断层之一。

With the Cascadia megathrust earthquake likely to hit the Northwest US in the next handful of decades, and the San Andrea's fault keeping Californians worrying about earthquake danger, it's time to figure this out.

- 卡斯卡迪亚巨型地震可能会在未来几十年袭击美国西北部，而圣安德烈亚断层让加利福尼亚担心地震危险， 是时候弄清楚这一点了。

There's lots of desks to drop, cover, and hold onto for the students and for myself as well as just being in a modern building that has been retrofitted for an earthquake like the Cascadia subduction zone.

有很多桌子可以放下、遮盖和抓住，供学和我自己使用，而且只是在一座现代化建筑中，这座建筑已经为像卡斯卡迪亚俯冲带这样地震进行了改造。