It sits on its own tiny plate, squeezed between the North American and Caribbean plates and surrounded on all sides by faults.

因为波多黎各坐落在自己的小板块上，挤在北美板块和加勒比板块中间，四周被断层包围。

You know, the unique thing about this place is that it sits right on the divide between the North American plate and the Pacific plate.

你看，这个地点的奇特之处就在于它恰好处于北美板块和太平洋板块的交界处。

This rift is the space between the North American and Eurasian tectonic plates.

这个裂谷是北美和欧亚板块之间的空间。

Nearly 700 miles long, the earthquake zone is located by the North American Plate off the coast of Pacific British Columbia, Washington, Oregon and Northern California.

卡斯卡迪亚地震带长近 700 英里，位于北美板块附近，横跨太平洋沿岸的不列颠哥伦比亚、华盛顿、俄勒冈州和加利福尼亚北部。

You see beneath the surface, the mountains and volcanoes found in central Mexico roughly correspond to the intersections of the North American Plate, the Cocos Plate, and the Rivera Plate.

在地表之下，墨西哥中部的山脉和火山大致位于北美板块、科科斯板块和里韦拉板块的交汇处。

For millions of years now, both the Rivera and Cocos plates have been subducting beneath the North American Plate here which is what's generated this continuous belt of volcanoes clear across the center of Mexico.

数百万年来，里韦拉板块和科科斯板块一直在北美板块下方俯冲，因此形成了横跨墨西哥中部的连续火山带。

Part of California is on what is known as the Pacific plate. The other part of the state is on what is known as the North American plate.

加利福尼亚的一部分位于所谓的太平洋板块上。该州的另一部分位于所谓的北美板块上。