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Published online 29 March 2005 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news050328-1

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Second giant quake rocks Indonesia

Seismologists puzzle over absence of tsunamis.

A huge earthquake struck the coast of Indonesia on Monday, just three months after last year's devastating tsunami. But researchers are scratching their heads over why this one did not trigger giant waves.

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