Earthquake risk on the Sunda trench

Suleyman S. Nalbant, Sandy Steacy, Kerry Sieh, Danny Natawidjaja and John McCloskey ()
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Suleyman S. Nalbant: School of Environmental Sciences, University of Ulster
Sandy Steacy: School of Environmental Sciences, University of Ulster
Kerry Sieh: Tectonic Observatory, California Institute of Technology
Danny Natawidjaja: Tectonic Observatory, California Institute of Technology
John McCloskey: School of Environmental Sciences, University of Ulster

Nature, 2005, vol. 435, issue 7043, 756-757

Abstract: Echoes of tsunami disaster The massive earthquake that struck off the west coast of Sumatra on 28 March, causing fears of another tsunami disaster, is confirmed as a rupture of the Sunda megathrust triggered by the December event. The latest maps of stress distribution indicate that the greatest risk of renewed seismicity on the Sunda megathrust is in the section near the Mentawai islands: history suggests that a tsunami is a possibility.

Date: 2005
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