But beneath the South Island, the westward-moving Pacific Plate is crashing into and subducting beneath the northwest-moving Australian Plate.

但是在南岛下方，向西移动的太平洋板块撞击并俯冲到向西北移动的澳大利亚板块下方。

On the left, the Pacific plate is sliding northward past it at the stately pace of a half-inch per year.

在左边，太平洋板块正以每年半英寸的壮观速度向北滑动。

The largest is the Pacific plate and its series of boundaries all along the Pacific Ocean known as the Ring of Fire.

最的板块是太平洋板块被称为火山带。

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。

China is caught between the Indian and Pacific plates, making it a  highly active location for earthquakes.

中国夹在印度板块和太平洋板块之间，使其成为地震高度活跃的地区。

The result is that for tens of millions of years, the plume has constantly been building volcanoes that then get dragged to the Northwest by the Pacific plates movement.

结果就是，几千万年来，火山羽流一直在不断地形成火山，然后被太平洋板块的运动拖到西北部。

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。

Many of the world volcanoes are found at the edges of plates. The large number of volcanoes around the Pacific plate has earned this area the name ring of Fire.

世界上许多火山都位于板块的边缘。太平洋板块周围的大量火山为该地区赢得了火环的名称。

San Francisco lies on the edge of the North  American Plate, close to where it meets the Pacific Plate, and it is estimated that around  5,000 earthquakes happen in the area per year.

旧金山位于北美板块的边缘，靠近太平洋板块的交汇处，据估计该地区每年发生约 5,000 次地震。