Indonesia Faces Bigger Tsunami’Triggering Quake, Geologist Says

Bloomberg News, by Simeon Bennett Posted By: Photoonist- Thu, 01 Oct 2009 19:58:15 GMT Singapore ' The earthquake that struck the Indonesian island of Sumatra yesterday is likely a harbinger of a bigger tsunami'triggering temblor in the same area, according to a researcher who studies seismic activity in Asia. The 7.6'magnitude temblor in the city of Padang is part of a cycle of earthquakes that started in 2007 in a 700'kilometer (435 miles) fault line off Sumatra called the Mentawai patch

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