But if the disturbance affects a large area as a great earthquake can the resulting seismic sea waves nay behave as if they had been generated along a line rather than at a point.

• 但是，假如扰动影响的地区很大，象强烈地震所能做到的，那末所产生的地震海浪运动好象沿直线产生而不是在一点产生。