The Major Aftershocks of the Great Sumatra Earthquake of 2004 and the mileage from the original epicenter is as follows: March 28, 2005 at 8.6 Richters 120 Miles South (SSE), July 17, 2006 at 7.7 Richters 1200 Miles SouthWest, and September 12, 2007 at 8.5 Richters 625 Miles South. While I can not actually say that each of these three major earthquakes have been officially catagorized as "Aftershocks" of the Great Sumatra Earthquake of 2004, which is listed as 9.1 Richters, I do want to basically just note that 120 Miles was as close as an actual Major Aftershock struck to the exact epicenter of the original. While interestingly 1200 Miles away seemed to also be affected although I can't say that July 2006 event was ever termed an aftershock.
So, now we will be watching for a major aftershock as big as the ones I have just listed above and right at the moment perhaps we should start thinking about watching Alaska and our West Coast into the coming week or so because there is still one major earthquake out there and one source of earthquake energy still waiting to strike somebody, somewhere. Right at the moment I still lean heavilly on the Japan Region for a major aftershock, though!!!!! EQ Guy
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