And I grew up in southern California, where we always were in fear of the "big one," even though most of us knew that the "big one" would really come in a smattering of lots of "little ones."

我生长于南加利福尼亚，我们总是害怕传说中的“超级地震”，我们中的大部分人都知道事实上“超级地震”会分为许多次“小型地震”来临。