Stress Buildup Precedes Large Sumatra Earthquakes: When Can We Expect The Next One?
Thursday, May 29, 2008 - 09:14
in Earth & Climate
The island of Sumatra, Indonesia, has shaken many times with powerful earthquakes since the one that wrought the infamous 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. Now, scientists from the California Institute of Technology and the Indonesian Institute of Sciences are harnessing information from these and earlier quakes to determine where the next ones will likely occur, and how big they will be.
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