Who thought that earthquakes were done and over with in the region? There weren't a whole lot of aftershocks reported with the last one. I don't know much about the nature of plate movement, but aren't there usually alot of after shocks following a big shift?
Could be that there is much to go, or a new Island is going to pop up from the sea soon, or worse, a volcano that spews tons of Carbon dioxide, screwing up UN global warming fanatics forever and a year.
There have been an ENORMOUS number of aftershocks of the 9.3 quake off Sumatra.
This wasn't one of them though; totally different fault system and hundreds of miles away.
http://www.iris.edu/seismon/
click on above and see
Yeah, an earthquake happens when one plate slips against another. When that happens, the stress is moved along to another part of the plate, or to the next plate. That extra stress will often make the next part slip, and so on. The parts of the ring of fire around the Pacific (west and east) are interconnected, so it could show up in Alaska or California.
Indonesia - More than 400 aftershocks over past month, more expected in Indonesia's Aceh (AFP)http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/printpage/0,5481,12108952,00.htmlMore than 410 major aftershocks have occurred since last month's disastrous earthquake in Indonesia's Aceh province in December and the rumblings are likely continue for several weeks, the geophysics agency said Monday.
"Today there were already four that were felt," Syahnan, of the Geophysics and Meteorology Bureau, told AFP.
The bureau's data show that between December 29 and January 30, 410 major aftershocks took place. Syahnan said the data only includes quakes measuring four or above on the Richter Scale because if smaller aftershocks were included the daily total could reach more than 80.