Nias Project

In the evening of 28 March 2005, at 23:08 hours, a strong earthquake measuring 8.7 on the Moment Magnitude occurred off the west coast of Sumatra Island in Indonesia (2.065°N, 97.010°E), followed by some fifteen aftershocks ranging from 6.7 to 4.9 moment magnitude. Nias Island is one of the worse affected locations, which added more hardships for the people that seem to have been really battered by the tsunami on December 26, 2004. Full story …