After a three-day review of seismic evidence using global-positioning equipment, scientists with the Earth Observatory of Singapore, or EOS, found that the earthquake that hit the Indonesian city of Padang did little to relieve the stored tension at the juncture of two tectonic plates.
The EOS team believes that the eventual energy release could result in an earthquake close to the scale of the magnitude 9 monster that triggered the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, killing more than 200,000 in a dozen countries. Full story:
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-indonesia-quake6-2009oct06,0,7287361.story
* Major quakes and Planet X-Will Alaska and California be next in the chain of Massive Quakes around the Ring of Fire?:
http://cristiannegureanu.blogspot.com/2009/10/major-quakes-and-planet-x-will-alaska.html
