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Quake moved Sumatra by only 20 centimeters
Published:  Feb 1, 2005 11:59 AM
Updated: Jan 29, 2008 10:21 AM

The Indonesian islands of Sumatra moved only 20 centimeters (or 7.9 inches) on average after last month's Asian earthquake and tsunami, and not dozens of meters as previously feared, media reported yesterday, quoting calculations by the Danish Space Centre.


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