7.8-Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Off Indonesia

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A 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Sumatra, an island in western Indonesia, according to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

The quake happened at 7:49 p.m. local time on March 3 (7:49 a.m. ET on March 2), about 500 miles (800 kilometers) southwest of Sumatra. The temblor occurred as a result of two tectonic plates sliding against each other — what's known as strike-slip faulting — within the ocean lithosphere of the Indo-Australia plate, according to the USGS.
http://www.livescience.com/53909-earthquake-strikes-off-sumatra-indonesia.html

[99th_Monkey]

1. Weird.

there was a video posted on DU 1-2 days ago predicting a 7+ magnitude along the
Western seaboard within a week .. i.e. 'the big one'