地じ震しん帯たい

noun

earthquake zone; earthquake belt

Technical term used in seismology and geography to refer to a region with frequent seismic activity.

• 日本にほんは環かん太たい平へい洋よう地じ震しん帯たいに位い置ちしている。

  Japan is located in the circum-Pacific earthquake belt.

• この地ち域いきは活かっ発ぱつな地じ震しん帯たいとして知しられている。

  This region is known as an active earthquake zone.