Off the coast of Indonesia on Sunday, a 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck. The U.S. Geological Survey said that it did not trigger a tsunami. At the depth of 28 miles, the quake struck about 140 miles southeast of Banda Aceh. This quake triggered a tsunami at first but it was canceled about 45 minutes after the quake. In April, an earthquake of 7.7 triggered 2 tsunamis. Indonesia is on the Ring of Fire and is also on a fault line, so it is prone to many earthquakes and volcanoes.
I think its weird that there have been so many earthquakes this year. It seems like they have happened almost everyday in a different country. it tells me that we need to be ready if one does happen in the U.S. because it could have a high magnitude like all the other ones. I hope that countries like Indonesia are able to rebuild and are able to move on from what happened because of the earthquake.
http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/05/09/indonesia.quake/index.html
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