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,... »