Earthquake Fatigue: Indonesia's Devastating Double Strike The recent earthquakes that struck eastern and western Indonesia on the same day are a sobering reminder of the country's precarious position on the "Ring of Fire".
Indonesia's geography makes it prone to seismic activity, but the scale and frequency of these events can be numbing for outsiders. A 7. 7 magnitude quake in eastern Indonesia was followed by a 6.
4 magnitude strike on western Sumatra island, leaving at least 47 dead and thousands displaced.