tectonic plates

基本解释

Indonesia is located on the edges of tectonic plates, specifically the pacific, eurasian, and australian. As such, it is frequently hit by earthquakes.
印度尼西亚位于太平洋, 欧亚大陆, 和澳大利亚构造板块边缘，正因为这样，它频繁被地震袭击。
In 2007, off the coast of Japan, it became the first mission to study subduction zones, the area between tectonic plates that is the birthplace of many earthquakes.
2007年，在日本沿海，地球号开展了第一项任务：研究俯冲带（地壳构造板块之间的区域，许多地震都发生在这种区域）。
Though intensely studied, the quakes have baffled scientists for decades -- with a few exceptions, strong earthquakes occur exclusively where tectonic plates are grinding past one another.
虽然仔细研究过，但是这些地震还是困惑了科学家们几十年—除少数例外，强地震一般都会发生在构造板块绞合处。

The theory explains that as the sea floor spreads, the tectonic plates are pushed and pulled in different directions.
It is along or near this fault line that most of California's earthquakes take place, as the two tectonic plates move in different directions.
This same area is also where two major tectonic plates meet.

After a long buildup of forces, the tectonic plates are shifting at News Corp.
FORBES: Massive News Corp. Restructuring: Robert Thomson Named CEO of New Spinoff; The Daily Folds as NY Post Survives