Twin earthquakes or doublet quakes result in a number of aftershocks. Here is the data on the damages and casualties caused.

Earthquakes occur when the rock on one side of a fault slips relative to the other. The fault surface can be vertical, ...

June 4, 2000 – A magnitude 7.9 earthquake strikes southern Sumatra, Indonesia ... strikes off the coast of Indonesia, on the same fault line that originated a December 26 earthquake that ...

Long back, a large collection of material masses coalesced and formed the Earth – it was a single crust or plate with no ...

For instance, we know the Himalayas are prone to earthquakes and large-scale construction activity like dams (in Sikkim) ...

The longest rupture ever recorded was a 994 mile (1,600km) portion of a fault that caused the Great Sumatra-Andaman earthquake and resulting tsunami on Boxing Day 2004. "The farther it goes ...

The longest rupture ever recorded was a 994 mile (1,600km) portion of a fault that caused the Great Sumatra-Andaman earthquake and resulting tsunami on Boxing Day 2004. "The farther it goes ...

“The nearest one is the Pacific Ring of Fire located behind Sumatra, which is almost four times larger than West Malaysia in terms of land area,” said Rusli. The only active fault line in this ...

In 2018, the side of the Anak Krakatau volcano collapsed in a powerful eruption and produced a tsunami that killed hundreds and injured thousands on nearby Java and Sumatra in Indonesia.

A 5.6 magnitude earthquake hit Northern Sumatra, Indonesia, at a depth of 86 kilometers. The German Research Center for ...