Pacific Ring Of Fire

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1. Powerful quake strikes off eastern Indonesia

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   Fri, 20 Apr 2012

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   … Indonesia, straddling a series of fault lines and volcanoes, is prone to seismic upheaval due to its location on the Pacific " Ring of Fire ." A giant quake off the country on Dec. 26, 2004, triggered a tsunami in the Indian Ocean that killed 230 …
2. Recent Indonesia quake added pressure to key fault

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   Wed, 18 Apr 2012

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   … management chief acknowledged that evacuation efforts were "a big mess." Indonesia, located on the " Ring of Fire ," an arc of volcanos and fault lines encircling the Pacific Basin, has unleashed some of the deadliest seismic events of the …