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01/11/2005:

"Scientists: Earth still shaking after quake"

The Earth is still ringing like a bell about two weeks after the earthquake that shook the Indian Ocean and triggered the tsunamis in Asia, according to Australian scientists.

Survivors haul a badly-damaged van Sunday Jan 9, 2005 following the earthquake and tsunami which hit the area two weeks ago in Banda Aceh, the capital of Aceh province in northwest Indonesia. [AP]
Australian Broadcasting Corporation on Sunday quoted Herb McQueen from the Australian National University as saying that a gravity meter is still detecting ringing from the rare seismic event.

He said the data is being studied by scientists across the world.

"Normally a reasonably large earthquake will continue reverberating for a couple of days on our charts, but this one has been going steadily for the last 12 to 13 days and shows no signs of letting up actually," he said.
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"There's still a measurable oscillation," and "I've never seen the earth ringing this long after an earthquake," he said.