首都直下地震

しゅとちょっかじしん

Tokyo near-field earthquake; large-scale earthquake expected to directly hit the Kanto area sometime in the future; also refers to the 1855 and 1894 Edo/Tokyo earthquakes

直下型地震

ちょっかがたじしん

near-field earthquake, local earthquake, esp. with a shallow focus directly under a populated area

首都

しゅと

capital city, metropolis

地震

じしん ない なえ じぶるい

earthquake

都営地下鉄

とえいちかてつ

Toei Subway

首都圏

しゅとけん

the capital city (often Tokyo) area (typically within 50 km of city's centre) (center)

首都高

しゅとこう

Shuto Expressway (network of toll expressways in the Kanto region)

都下

とか

in the capital, in Tokyo

地震地帯

じしんちたい

seismic part (zone, belt)

遠地地震

distant earthquake; teleseismic earthquake; teleseism

地震動

じしんどう

seismic motion

地震計

じしんけい

seismograph, seismometer

地震波

じしんは

seismic wave

地震帯

じしんたい

earthquake zone, earthquake belt

地震国

じしんこく

quake-prone country

大地震

おおじしん だいじしん

major earthquake

地震学

じしんがく

seismology

震源地

しんげんち

epicenter, epicentre

中地震

ちゅうじしん

moderate earthquake