Will there be an earthquake in Indonesia this year?
611200
Yes, it's nearly certain there will be an earthquake in Indonesia this year -- there are hundreds of them there every year!  Most of them are too small to be felt, however.\n\nNobody can predict the things you ask for, though.  Not scientifically or any other way.  Sorry, you'll have to wait and see if there's a "big one" this year like the rest of us.
675533
God caused it.  Look at Indonesia.  The largest majority Muslim country in the world.  He's just wiping out the morons is all.  First the Tsunami, now the earthquake.  I wonder what's next.
88247
yes, usually but sometimes they are so small they can't be felt.  If you go the usgs.gov website it will give you all the earthquakes which occur on a daily basis.  Most earthquakes that occur can't be felt on the surface.
1099932
Probably the Asian tsunami
629850
The normal huge storms on coastal areas around the world....this year.\n\nLarge earthquake.......Asia....2007\n\nSome big volcano news in Pacific Rim....2008.\n\nA scary encounter with an asteroid...near miss....2009.\n\nA major drought scattered world-wide......2010-2012.
828138
No because it has come the ocean bottum, via volcanos. Japan will get larger.
871521
Yes.  There was even one today!  Magnitude 4.8 at a depth of 8.4km in the north east.\n\nCheck out this site:\n\nhttp://www.iris.edu/seismon/\n\n{edit}  Doh!  Someone beat me to it!
697816
The big in Asia are, presently, Japan and China.  Indonesia has a great potential  and an honesty of purpose.. but no 'greatness' yet in Economy. Growing well.  Best wishes.
256183
I doubt it...they would be able to predict the earthquakes and be better prepared if that was the case.
15155
The last years Tsunami was cause by the 2 plates breaking underneath the Phi Phi islands @ 8 15am. It caused the ground to rise up to 40 feet for 750 miles, which  cause an earthquake of 9.5 on the scale. They are predicting that the next country to be hit with a Tsunami is Samaliya.  And US is next... Oregon, Washington and all NW states, BEWARE.  AMERICA'S TSUNAMI, ARE WE NEXT? When they cannot predict, however, they say it might be in the next 1000 years or it might happen tommorow.
1054589
it's always been like that.  It's just that as the world becomes more and more populated..we are informed of the earthquakes/eruptions because of their risk of harm to the people who live around them.  But there is no increase.
856524
9.5 magnitude, Chile, 1960. Biggest since 1900, modern measures.\nhttp://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/world/10_largest_world.php\n\nNo. Faults or potential faults would rupture before they could build up enough energy to have a magnitude 20 quake.  Maybe a huge meteor impact could cause such an earthquake. It hasn't happened in recorded history.
568106
I'd say the chances are really good. There was a 3.1 earthquake on May 06, 2006 about 20 miles SW of Trinidad, Colorado (190 miles south of Denver).\n\nBetween August 28 and September 21, 2001 there was a swarm of 12 measuring from 2.8 to 4.6 near Trinidad.
443354
Yes! San Diego has several major faults in the area and could experience a catastrophic earthquake(s) up to 7.7 on the Richter Scale.\n\nGod should be spelled B-I-G B-A-N-G\nPBrax@netscape.com
403621
In a nutshell, their is no way to predict earthquakes because there are little to no warnings signs. For example in California, This is a transform fault where two plates are sliding past each other... Eventually the stress builds up so much that it moves a lot at one time.. This is what causes Earth Quakes there, and when they happen they are devastating... We just cant tell when the stress is so much that an earthquake is going to happen.. It is not possible and probably will never be.
1147073
Should be this year but maybe it will be in 2008 because of the world cup interfering. It is every two years
1097840
The possibility exists.. The probability is low. \n\nFor what it's worth, It doesn't require a fault to have an earthquake. Keep that in mind. Shifting plate can happen over areas where tectonic plates are non existent. \n\nThere has been measurable earthquakes in the northeast since recording began. \nEven up to a magnitude 7.. \nBelow is a map of recorded historical earthquakes. \nhttp://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/states/us_damage_eq.php