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The Science Behind the 2004 Sumatra–Andaman Earthquake & Tsunami
From 1900 through 2003, only five magnitude 7.7 or larger earthquakes were recorded by seismometers on Sunda subduction zone boundary. If we go back to 1797, three great magnitude 8 or larger megathrust earthquakes occurred on the Australia–Sunda plate boundary but none occurred on the India–Sunda plate boundary. Many considered subduction ...
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