tectonic plate

常见例句

That was the same day as the 9.0-magnitude quake and tsunami hit Japan; however, Japan is on a different tectonic plate.
同天，9.0级的地震及海啸在日本发生。但这两个地方并不处在同一个地壳构造板块上。
It struck 80 miles off the east coast the Japanese island of Honshu, where one tectonic plate is diving underneath another.
它到达了本州东海岸以内80英里处，一块构造板块在那里潜入了另一块之下。
In addition, both regions reside within the Ring of Fire, which is a zone surrounding the Pacific Ocean where the Pacific tectonic plate and other plates dive beneath other slabs of Earth.
此外，两个地区都驻留在火山圈内，那是环绕太平洋的一个区域。在那里太平洋地壳构造板块和其它板块潜于其它地球板块之下。

The ocean overlaps one end of the plank and the other end is fixed to the ground (the interior of the tectonic plate).
FORBES: The Link Between Global Warming, Sea Levels And Volcanoes
The effects of the 2011 tsunami in Japan were felt across the Pacific Ocean to earthquake-prone California, which shares the same tectonic plate.
FORBES: Earthquakes, Maybe. But Is Los Angeles Prepared For A Tsunami?
Think about a tectonic plate like a plank of wood.
FORBES: The Link Between Global Warming, Sea Levels And Volcanoes