One of the strongest earthquakes in the past century has struck off the west cost of northern Sumatra, Indonesia. Reported by the USGS as a 9.0 magnitude event, this indonesian earthquake caused a 600 mile-long rupture in the ocean floor. This is shown on the map below along with aftershock locations. Tsunamis from this earthquake have drowned thousands in Sri Lanka, India and Indonesia.
Read more about this
Indonesian Earthquake at the USGS website.
# posted by MapWatch @ Sunday, December 26, 2004
