A powerful 8.7-magnitude earthquake hammered Indonesia's west coast, flattening houses, killing up to 2,000 people and sparking widespread panic across Indian Ocean countries still traumatized by the Dec. 26 quake and tsunami disaster. Read more here. Here is a link to a Seismic Monitor at IRIS Consortium. I like this site because it shows a history of seismic activity. Earthquake data illustrated in the picture courtesy of the USGS NEIC.