日本的地震学家们期待着在西太平洋、东亚及东南亚地区建立一个由高度灵敏的地震仪组成的国际地震观测网的计划很快就能取得显著进展。虽然为取得各国政府的完全支持所需要的长期过程大概要到九十年代初期才能结束,但人们相信这一项目的进展将在早得多的时间内就走向高潮。 Japanese seismologists are looking forward to seeing significant progress soon in the plan to establish an international network of earthquakes composed of highly sensitive seismometers in the western Pacific, East Asia and Southeast Asia. Although the long-term process needed to obtain the full support of all Governments may not be completed by the early 1990s, it is believed that the progress of this project will culminate much earlier.