![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20121010134351im_/http://www.nsf.gov/images/x.gif) News From the Field Study Reveals Complex Rupture Process in Surprising 2012 Sumatra Quake
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September 26, 2012
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The massive earthquake that struck under the Indian Ocean southwest of Sumatra on April 11, 2012, came as a surprise to seismologists and left them scrambling to figure out exactly what had happened. Analysis of the seismic waves generated during the event has now revealed a complicated faulting process unlike anything seen before.
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Source University of California, Santa Cruz
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