Sumatra fault primed for more mega-quakes. One of the most dangerous faults in the world is primed for another monster earthquake, according to new research.

The Mediterranean, Caribbean and the South Atlantic have geological systems “almost identical” to the Sumatra fault line which caused the seaquake of last December 26, according to a French ...

Record-setting features of the Sumatra-Andaman earthquake of Dec. 26, 2004, include the longest fault rupture ever observed (720 to 780 miles or 1,200 to 1,300 kilometers) and the longest duration ...

The great Sumatra-Andaman earthquake of December 26, 2004, was an event of stunning proportions, both in its human dimensions–nearly 300,000 lives lost–and as a geological phenomenon. The sudden ...

The 8.6 magnitude earthquake that struck Sumatra in April 2012 was a weird one, ... Earthquakes The San Andreas Fault: Facts about the crack in California's crust that could unleash the 'Big One' ...

(Phys.org) -- An earthquake in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Sumatra, Indonesia on 11th April was unusually powerful, at magnitude 8.6, for a “strike-slip” type of quake, and a new ...

New geophysical data show that fault slip during the March 2005 magnitude 8.7 (Mw) earthquake off the west coast of northern Sumatra, Indonesia (also referred to as the Simeulue-Nias earthquake ...

Paris - The Indonesian island of Sumatra, smashed by a tsunami and shaken by earthquakes in the past six months, is now at risk from two potentially major quakes, one of which could generate waves of ...

The great Sumatra-Andaman earthquake of December 26, 2004, was an event of stunning proportions, both in its human dimensions–nearly 300,000 lives lost–and as a geological phenomenon. The sudden ...