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** An Important Update Has Been Logged ** The preliminary magnitude 7.9 earthquake occurred about 62 miles SW of Bangkahulu, Indonesia. The epicenter was at 4.369°S, 101.557°E. The hypocentral depth of the earthquake hasn’t been accurately determined at this time. The earthquake’s magnitude has been revised upwards to magnitude 8.2 from 7.9 The earthquake’s magnitude [...]

An important update to this story has been posted Two powerful earthquakes struck Indonesia early this morning killing at least 70 people. The first temblor, preliminary magnitude 6.3, struck at 10:49am Jakarta time and was situated at 0.536°S, 100.498°E near Lake Singkarak in West Padang. The second temblor, preliminary magnitude 6.1, struck at 12:49pm Jakarta [...]

A powerful 6.9 magnitude earthquake rocked parts of Sumatra today. The quake struck 85 miles SSW of Sibolga, Sumatra at 5:05 UTC and was situated at 0.56N 98.38E. The Jakarta Post has more coverage: Jakarta Post—JAKARTA (Agencies): A powerful earthquake jolted parts of the Indonesian island of Sumatra at midday Saturday, but there were no [...]

Indian villagers are complaining about the pathetic amounts of compensation that the Indian government is offering them: BBC—Scores of villagers in the worst hit Nicobar group of islands say they have been issued with cheques for “ridiculous” amounts of money. The BBC has seen a cheque for two rupees sent to Charity Champion … It’s [...]

Mount Talang erupted Tuesday spewing ash into the air: Jakarta Post—PADANG (Antara): Mount Talang in Solok regency, West Sumatra spewed ash on Tuesday, sparking panic among a population that has yet to recover from a strong recent earthquake. “The mountain coughed (up ash) in the early morning. We are still monitoring it,” Rio, an officer [...]

The Indonesia region continues to be unstable as new quakes strike the Kepulauan Mentawai region and Simeulue as shown by this table: Magnitude Date Time (UTC) Region 6.4 4/10/2005 17:24:40 KEPULAUAN MENTAWAI REGION, INDONESIA 5.2 4/10/2005 14:25:40 KEPULAUAN MENTAWAI REGION, INDONESIA 5.3 4/10/2005 13:54:16 KEPULAUAN MENTAWAI REGION, INDONESIA 5.9 4/10/2005 11:55:31 KEPULAUAN MENTAWAI REGION, INDONESIA [...]

I asked Dr. Kerry Sieh if the March 28th earthquake off the Banyak Islands in Indonesian had relieved enough stress to alleviate the threat of big quakes in the region. “Yes and no,” Dr. Sieh said, “significant stress has been relieved in the areas of high slip (under and around the Islands of Nias and [...]

An approximately 10 foot high tsunami hit Simeuleu Island minutes after the 8.7 magnitude earthquake struck on Monday: SMH—A three-metre-high tsunami struck Simeuleu Island near Aceh minutes after the huge earthquake that struck off Indonesia’s western coast, Kyoto and Agence France-Presse news agencies reported. …

** Click Here For Current Updates On Indonesia Earthquakes ** An earthquake with an 8.2 magnitude struck off the west coast of Sumatra today. Tsunami warnings were issued: Sun-Sentinel—BANGKOK, Thailand — A large earthquake struck off the west coast of Indonesia’s Sumatra Island late Monday, and the U.S. Geological Survey said it was a major [...]

Scientists have discovered that the earthquake of December 26th produced a 90 foot high tsunami. The tsunami killed well over 200,000 people in Southern Asia: San Francisco Chronicle—In the minutes following December’s catastrophic earthquake off the Indonesian island of Sumatra, a surge of seawater more than 90 feet high inundated stretches of the remote western [...]