Two more earthquakes hit the area of the Indian Ocean basin Wednesday and early Thursday that were hit Dec. 26 by a massive quake, followed by killer tsunamis. The first, registering a 5.6 magnitude on the Richter scale, hit the Nicobar Islands area, which are the territory of India. The second, a 6.1 magnitude event, hit off the northwest coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra. The two quakes bring to 278 the number of events since the magnitude 9.0 quake struck the same area off Sumatra. The seismic events in the area had been decreasing in intensity and frequency since mid-January, but the new quakes -- though they apparently caused only minor damage and few injuries -- raised renewed fears about the possibility of another major quake and tsunami. The Dec. 26 event was the world's largest earthquake in more than 40 years, since a 9.2 magnitude quake hit southern Alaska in 1964. © Copyright 2005 by United Press International

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