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Subject New Study finds Indo-Australian Plate is Breaking Up! Worldwide Mega-quakes Expected in Near Future

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Original Message The vast Indo-Australian plate is being torn in two, according to New Scientist.

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Researchers analyzed the unprecedented increase in global seismic activity triggered by the M8.6 earthquake that struck in East Indian Ocean on April 11, 2012, and the near-cessation of seismic activity up to 250 miles away caused by the 2004 M9.2 Sumatra earthquake.

The US geological survey said the main shock was magnitude 8.6, which is extraordinarily high for a strike-slip fault. Two hours after the main shock was felt, the area was hit by a magnitude-8.2 aftershock, probably caused by slippage along the same 125-mile fault.

The events suggest that the Indo-Australian plate is breaking up along a new plate boundary, say the researchers, and that may account for both the location and the size of April’s quakes.

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