Sonar Images: Watching an Earthquake Brewing

12/23/2005

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A sonar image of the ocean floor off of Indonesia, created by the Leibniz...
Wilhelm Weinrebe / IFM Geomar

A sonar image of the ocean floor off of Indonesia, created by the Leibniz Institute of Marine Sciences in Kiel. Off Sumatra (green and brown near the top of the image) the sea floor drops off to a depth of 5 kilometers. Under the sea floor mountains, the Australian Plate is submerging, creating tremendous tension.

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