With precision and what now seems like eerie foresight, the researchers charted the active faults on multicolored maps of Beichuan, which turned out to be the epicenter of the recent earthquake.

• 研究者们精确地、而且现在看起来几乎是带着诡异的远见，把那些活跃断层勾画在北川的多色地图上，而北川后来成了近期发生的地震的震中所在。