Few experts thought the seismic zoneoff Sendai, Japan, was capable of such violence.
专家均不认为日本仙台地区附近的地震带会再次发生像此次地震一样的强烈地震。
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LOOK closely at a time-zone map of the western hemisphere. You will see a small area carved out of the Atlantic zoneoff the east coast of Canada.
仔细看看西半球的时区图，你会发现有一小块从加拿大东海岸大西洋中挖出来的地区。
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In the past few centuries, the subduction zoneoff the coast of Sendai has generated earthquakes of up to magnitude 8 or so, but nothing as powerful as a 9, which releases 30 times more energy.