... that struck the region in 1861 and again in 2005.
The study also reveals which part of the Sumatra megathrust is storing strain that will be released during future large earthquakes.
Earthquakes in ...
... ) today announced a bold commitment to protect the remaining forests and critical ecosystems of Sumatra, an Indonesian island that holds some of the world's most diverse - and endangered - forests. ...
... diverse and endangered forests today as WWF, four Indonesian ministers and ten provincial governors announced a bold commitment to protect the remaining forests and critical ecosystems of Sumatra...
Indonesia's newly announced commitment to saving Sumatra is facing an early test, following revelations that Asia Pulp and Paper (APP) had pushed a 45-kilometre, legally questionable logging highway ...
Another devastating earthquake along the coast of western Sumatra is likely during the lifetime of many people now living there, researchers are warning.
... Another devastating earthquake along the coast of western Sumatra is likely during the lifetime of many people now living there, U.S. researchers warned Friday.
In the wake of the deaths of six people from tiger attacks in Sumatra's Jambi Province in less than a month, conservationists are calling for an urgent crackdown on the clearing of natural forest in ...
... $30 million of debt payments owed by Indonesia in return for increased protection of Sumatra's forests, in a deal supported financially by and negotiated with the help of Conservation International ...
The huge earthquake that hit Sumatra occurred at a deep, unexpected location, illustrating the dangerously complex geological mosaic in this area, a seismologist told AFP on Thursday.
A colossal earthquake may hit Indonesia's Sumatra island within 30 years, triggering a tsunami and making last month's deadly temblor look tiny by comparison, a geologist has warned.
... fairly close to the main quake. After the devastating 2004 Sumatra earthquake, triggered quakes even occurred in ... 1992 Landers, 2002 Denali and 2004 Sumatra-Andaman Islands quakes, the other 12 major ...
... observed four times over the past eight years scooping up small fish with their hands and eating them along rivers in Indonesia's East Kalimantan and North Sumatra provinces, according to researchers.
... otter is known to survive only in a few regions of Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam and Sumatra. Otters in Asia are increasingly threatened by the illegal international fur trade. They are also captured ...
... Journal of Conservation. Conservation action essential to survival of orangutans, found only on the islands of Sumatra and Borneo, must be region-specific to address the different ecological threats ...
... timely enough to shed light on the second earthquake there, the researchers believe that information on the Sumatra Andaman earthquake did illuminate the situation.
For the May 12 earthquake, the ...
