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Re: Another major earthquake hits indonesia
« on: March 29, 2005, 08:50:41 PM »
Hum,
I’m sure that it would have an effect.
(It may actually help in creating smaller quakes to relieve the stress build up that leads to a massive slippage though)
But it would be insignificant compared to the forces exerted along the fault lines.

On a slightly OT observation, the survey of the Ormen Lange natural gas field, in the north sea discovered the three Storegga Slides that are among the largest underwater landslides ever seen.
 They occurred on the edge of Norway's continental shelf (Storegga is Norwegian for "the Great Edge"), 100 km north west of the Møre coast, where an area the size of Iceland slid, causing a megatsunami in the North Atlantic Ocean.

Sediments taken from the coastline of eastern Scotland show that a 10-meter high tsunamis flooded Scotland about 5,800 BC. At the time, Britain was joined to mainland Europe by a land bridge.
It is probable that the slide was caused by material built up during the previous ice age, and that a reoccurrence would only be possible after a new ice age.
But,
"While there is no reason for mass panic, the possibility exists that the Storegga slide will go again, and it would be imprudent to ignore that fact."

 On the coast, no where is safe.

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Re: Another major earthquake hits indonesia
« Reply #1 on: May 29, 2006, 10:09:24 PM »
According to Priyadi Kartono, of Indonesia's National Co-ordinating Agency for Surveys and Mapping there is a geological link between the magnitude 6.2 quake that hit near the ancient city of Yogyakarta, the rumbling of nearby volcano Mount Merapi and the 2004 Boxing Day earthquake and tsunami.

"There is certainly a connection between the December 26 quake that triggered giant waves that swept much of Aceh and the one that jolted Yogyakarta on Saturday" - Priyadi Kartono.

Map of Yogyakarta
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The recent earthquake and activity on Mount Merapi raises concerns that a so-called Toba"super-volcano" on nearby Sumatra might erupt.

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