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Quakes Shift Whole Island Of Sumatra...



The news is reporting that the whole island of Sumatra is said
to have moved. Sample

 http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/12/27/MNGPDAHHLT1.DTL
 ...
 The 9.0-magnitude quake struck 6 miles beneath the ocean
 and ruptured a 600-mile stretch of fault running north
 and south off the coast of Sumatra, in a region where
 quakes are sometimes unleashed by a geological
 phenomenon called subduction. The quake shoved the entire
 island of Sumatra about 100 feet to the southwest.
 ...

An incredible event if true. Is there a geologist type in the house
who could maybe cite something from the scientific quarter (as
opposed to news reports)?