自7月4日以來，加州已記錄了3000次地震

Seismologists Have Already Recorded 3,000 Earthquakes in California Since July 4

自7月4日以來，地震學家已經(jīng)在加利福尼亞記錄了3000次地震。

Seismologists in California have recorded more than 3,000 earthquakessince the Fourth of July, when a 6.4 magnitude temblorrattled the southern part of the state.

自7月4日該州南部發(fā)生6.4級地震以來，加州地震學家已經(jīng)記錄了3000多次地震。

Officials now believe that the initial jolt was a foreshock.

政府現(xiàn)在認為最初的地震是前震。

Since Thursday morning, there have been 340 earthquakes with a magnitude stronger than 3, 54 with a magnitude stronger than 4, six with a magnitude stronger than 5, and one 7.1 magnitude quake on Friday, Caltech seismologist Egill Hauksson told reporters on Saturday.

加州理工大學地震學家歐克森(Egill Hauksson)周六對記者表示，自周四上午以來，共發(fā)生340次3級以上地震，54次4級以上地震，6次5級以上地震，周五甚至發(fā)生一次7.1級地震。

Seismologist Lucy Jones tweetedSaturday night that "larger quakes are looking more improbable" but that magnitude 4 earthquakes are "certain" in the next week, and some magnitude 5s are "likely".

地震學家露西·瓊斯(Lucy Jones)周六晚上在推特上說，“更大的地震看起來不太可能發(fā)生”，但4級地震在下周“肯定會發(fā)生”，一些5級地震“很可能會發(fā)生”。

"The sequence is decaying, and the decay rate is on the high side of average," she said. "So the probabilities of more aftershocks are dropping."

她說：“這個序列正在衰減，衰減率處于平均水平的高水平。”因此，更多余震的可能性正在下降。”

Seismologists also said they expect to ultimately record more than 30,000 earthquakes at a magnitude 1 or higher.

地震學家還表示，他們預計最終將記錄超過3萬次1級或大于1級的地震。

The quakes have centered around California's Searles Valley, near the town of Ridgecrest, which has bore the brunt of the damage.

地震主要發(fā)生在加利福尼亞州的瑟爾斯山谷附近的Ridgecrest鎮(zhèn)，這里是受災最嚴重的地區(qū)。

There have been no fatalities and only minor injuries, but authorities have recorded a number of fires and buildings that sustained major structural damage.

目前沒有人員死亡報告，部分人員受輕傷，但地震還是引發(fā)了一些火災，建筑物也遭受了重大破壞。

Photos from recent days have revealed a number of deep fissures throughout the Mojave Desert, as well as cracks in highways and lopsided houses.

最近幾天的照片顯示，莫哈韋沙漠上出現(xiàn)了許多深深的裂縫，高速公路和傾斜的房屋也出現(xiàn)了裂縫。