Sunday, May 6, 2012

FOR KIDS: Big quake, little destruction

A large earthquake rattles Indonesia without unleashing a damaging tsunami

Web edition : 9:08 am

access Two large earthquakes, with magnitudes of 8.6 and 8.2, struck off the west coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra on April 11. Unlike the magnitude 9.1 quake that struck the region in December 2004, these tremors did not trigger a deadly tsunami.?2012 Cnes/Spot Image, Image ? 2012 TerraMetrics, Data SIO, NOAA, U.S. Navy, NGA, GEBCO, adapted by T. Dub?

A massive earthquake shook Southeast Asia on April 11 at 2:38 p.m. local time. Just a couple hours later, a large follow-up earthquake struck the same region. Fortunately, neither quake caused much damage.

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