Earthquake risk on the Sunda trench

• Main Authors: Nalbant, Suleyman S., Steacy, Sandy, Sieh, Kerry, Natawidjaja, Danny H., McCloskey, John
• Format: Article
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: DRNTU::Science::Geology::Volcanoes and earthquakes
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/94803; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/8668
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

On 28 March 2005 the Sunda megathrust in Indonesia ruptured again, producing another great earthquake three months after the previous one. The rupture was contiguous with that of the December 2004 Sumatra–Andaman earthquake, and is likely to have been sparked by local stress, although the triggering...