地じ震しん空くう白はく域いき

noun

seismic gap

A segment of an active fault zone that has not experienced a major earthquake for a long time, considered likely to produce one in the future. Technical term used in seismology and disaster prevention.

• この地ち域いきは地じ震しん空くう白はく域いきとされており、大だい地じ震しんの発はっ生せいが懸け念ねんされている。

  This area is considered a seismic gap, and there are concerns about a major earthquake occurring.

• 地じ震しん空くう白はく域いきの研けん究きゅうは、将しょう来らいの地じ震しん予よ測そくに役やく立だつ。

  Research on seismic gaps is useful for future earthquake prediction.