Re: Re: Major quake off Sumatra

[Guest guest]

For what it's worth the plates do slide against, under, and over each

other all the time... and produce nothing more then barely detectable

mummers on sonobuoys and geophones. The problem is they don't

always slide smoothly and when they get stuck stress builds up until the

obstruction breaks loose suddenly and you get an earthquake.

Ender

At 01:20 PM 4/11/2012, you wrote:

I'm convinced that this is all part of a larger mass movement of the

plates. These movements do not happen instantaneously, but happen over a

period of time. As this hotspot continues to adjust itself, others may

wind up moving.

Administrator

It appears to have been between an 8.6 to an 8.9. At this time there is a

tsunami warning but no word of one having been generated.