Sumatra - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Sumatra (also spelled Sumatera ) is an island in western Indonesia, westernmost of the Sunda Islands. It is the largest island entirely in Indonesia (two larger islands, Borneo and New Guinea, are ...
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2004 Indian Ocean earthquake - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake was an undersea megathrust earthquake that occurred at 00:58:53 UTC on December 26, 2004, with an epicentre off the west coast of Sumatra, Indonesia. The quake itsel...
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Stretching from the foothills of the mighty Bukit Barisan mountain range in West Sumatra to the islands of Bangka and Belitung in the East, the province of South Sumatra is relatively flat but very fertile, with numerous rivers cutting across the landscape and meandering their way to the sea.
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; Earthquake Pushes Up 10; New Islands Near Sumatra; The Asahi Shimbun; 5-29-5 ... (IHT/Asahi) -- The March earthquake that struck near Nias island off Sumatra was so powerful that it created about 10 new islands, Japan's Geographical Survey Institute said.
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LOS ANGELES - The massive earthquake that devastated parts of Asia permanently moved the tectonic plates beneath the Indian Ocean as much as 98 feet (30 metres), slightly shifting islands near Sumatra an unknown distance, US scientists said on Tuesday. ... Recycling Near You...
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Extra-terrestrial underwater experiments near Sumatra – are they trying to diffuse a super volcano repeat eruption like the one 74,000 years back; Staff Reporter ; Mar. 11, 2005 ... The underwater behavior in the area of Sumatra, Andaman an Nicobar islands is strange. The number of aftershocks and the pattern of socks...
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Welcome to Global Islands Network Friday, November 20, 2009 ... Jakarta halts deforestation in Sumatra's Kampar Peninsula; ... Coco Islands to open for tourism;
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USGS Earthquake Hazards Program, responsible for monitoring, reporting, and researching earthquakes and earthquake hazards ... Subsidence and landslides were observed in Sumatra. A mud volcano near Baratang, Andaman Islands became active on December 28 and gas emissions were reported in Arakan, Myanmar.
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Evidence of seafloor rise and fall shows southern Sumatra is at start of new earthquake cycle ... HIGH, DRY, DIEMany coral colonies in the Mentawai Islands near Sumatra were killed in September 2007 when large earthquakes lifted the reefs 1 meter or more out of the water.
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