Earthquakes occur every day, and unlike other
disasters, human action isn’t contributing to producing them. Indonesia just
dodged another bullet when a 6.9 magnitude quake struck in the Banda Sea north
of Timor on August 21. Luckily, it occurred way beneath the ocean floor at a
depth of 400 miles.
Column: Geologists and seismologists still struggle to predict earthquakes
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