Assuming it had been building that fast since Darwin's day, the gap was "a likely spot for a major [magnitude-8.0 to 8.5] subduction earthquake in the coming decades," they wrote.

假设从达尔文勘察的地震起立即开始聚集压力，那么这一地震带“在未来几十年里将很可能再次发生大型(里氏8.0 - 8.5级)的俯冲地震，”他们写道。

Several earthquake experts refer to the "seismic gap" as a way of describing this difference between the ability of rich cities and poor ones to withstand earthquake damage.

一些地震专家用“地震空白区”来描绘富城与穷城抵御地震破坏的差异。

The preparation gap method has been extensively applied to earthquake prediction practice in China and some strong earthquakes are successfully forecasted with help of this method.

在中国，孕震空区已经比较广泛地应用于地震预报的实践，并多次取得实际预测强震的效果。