At the end the paper summarized several empirical rules with regard to active fault and earthquake activity.

总结了活动断层和地震活动的几条经验性规律。

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The magnitude and timing of an earthquake depend on the size of the fault being ruptured, the stiffness of the rocks in question and the amount of stress that has accumulated in them.

地震的震级和发生时机，取决于断层破裂的范围，相关的岩石刚度以及其内部积聚的压力。

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In 1999 the deadly Izmit earthquake in Turkey was followed a short time later by the Duzje earthquake to the east along the same fault line, and we believe they were related through stress.

1999年土耳其伊兹密特(Izmit)发生大地震，紧接着在同一断层线的东部的迪兹杰(duzce)[3]发生了另一场大地震，我们确信，这两场地震因为应力作用而相互关联。

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And,in fact,people live very close to the geologic fault that caused this earthquake.

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Lethal earthquakes are common in Turkey, which lies on the North Anatolian fault, and the nation constantly fears another devastating earthquake.

CNN: Turkish quake victims brave cold

More to the point, it is possible that some of this power might be released before a fault moves catastrophically, and thus provide some warning of an earthquake.

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Fan Xiao, chief engineer at the Sichuan Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, told Global Times on Monday that the huge pressure of large reservoirs built on the fault line may have induced the Ya'an earthquakes and the more powerful Wenchuan earthquake in 2008.

BBC: China media: Quake donations debate