A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck Indonesia’s Minahassa Peninsula in the Sulawesi region on Thursday, according to the German ...

Based on the level of danger and the potential number of affected residents, Rahma identified the island of Java as facing the highest risk of megathrust events. The southern waters of Java feature a ...

Reflecting on 20 years of the Aceh tsunami: From 'megathrust' threat to disaster mitigation. 20 years have passed since the Aceh tsunami, which left deep scars on Indonesia, especially for those ...

A magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck Sulawesi, Indonesia, on Thursday, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre said.

Indonesia has had no shortage of natural disasters over the past few years. Since the devastating earthquake and tsunami on Boxing Day 2004, the Sunda megathrust has not come to rest.

The Director of the BMKG Earthquake and Tsunami Center, Daryono, mentioned that the earthquake occurred in a megathrust zone, 25 kilometers northwest of Enggano, at a depth of 42 kilometers. "The ...

20 years of the Aceh tsunami: From ‘megathrust’ threat to disaster mitigation ... Indonesia is prone to disasters due to its location in a tectonically active zone with four major plates, ...

12/23/2024 December 23, 2024. Twenty years ago the devastating Boxing Day Tsunami swept across Asia, causing death and destruction. And scientists are warning that the next big quake is overdue.

Megathrust quake faults weaker, less stressed than thought Date: September 10, 2015 Source: United States Geological Survey Summary: Some of the inner workings of Earth's subduction zones and ...

More information: Jiaqi Fang et al, Dynamic Emergence of Plate Motions and Great Megathrust Earthquakes Across Length and Time Scales, Geophysical Research Letters (2024). DOI: 10.1029/2024GL110821 ...