Magnitude
Can we expect many aftershocks to this earthquake? Is there a possibility of another tsunami in the area? What was the background seismicity in the region before the M9.0 earthquake? How has the occurrence of this earthquake affected the probability of another great earthquake? This earthquake occurred within three days of a magnitude 8.1 earthquake in the Macquarie Islands. Is there any relation between the two earthquakes? How come the 12/23/04 M8.1 Macquarie Island earthquake didn't produce a tsunami? What was the difference? What was the size of the fault that produced the earthquake? What was the maximum displacement on the rupture surface between the plates ? What was the maximum displacement of the sea bottom above the earthquake source? What is the angle of subduction of the India plate beneath the Burma plate? How much energy was released by this earthquake? How long did the earthquake shake? (What was the duration?) What effect did this earthquake have on the rotation of the earth? Why did the magnitude of this earthquake change? Is there a system to warn populations of an imminent occurrence of a tsunami? What other great (M > 8) earthquakes have occurred in the region? What other significant tsunamis have occurred in the region? Can earthquakes trigger volcanic eruptions?
Can we expect many aftershocks to this earthquake?
Is there a possibility of another tsunami in the area?
What was the background seismicity in the region before the M9.0 earthquake?
How has the occurrence of this earthquake affected the probability of another great earthquake?
This earthquake occurred within three days of a magnitude 8.1 earthquake in the Macquarie Islands. Is there any relation between the two earthquakes?
How come the 12/23/04 M8.1 Macquarie Island earthquake didn't produce a tsunami? What was the difference?
What was the size of the fault that produced the earthquake?
What was the maximum displacement on the rupture surface between the plates ?
What was the maximum displacement of the sea bottom above the earthquake source?
What is the angle of subduction of the India plate beneath the Burma plate?
How much energy was released by this earthquake?
How long did the earthquake shake? (What was the duration?)
What effect did this earthquake have on the rotation of the earth?
Why did the magnitude of this earthquake change?
Is there a system to warn populations of an imminent occurrence of a tsunami?
What other great (M > 8) earthquakes have occurred in the region?
What other significant tsunamis have occurred in the region?
Can earthquakes trigger volcanic eruptions?