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Two weeks ago a 6.9 magnitude earthquake shook the overwhelming Tibetan area of Yushu, China. Now children huddle under cardboard boxes, dead horses are stuck under rubble and mass cremations are being held.

The Australian media predictably focused on the local angle, but which earthquake or tsunami happened first, where and why? And are they all connected? Elly Keating spells it out.

American Samoa and Indonesia have both had earthquakes in 24 hours and both lie on the so-called Ring of Fire. But is some relationship between the two events? asks Tim Edwards.

Journalist Ashlee Betteridge watches while Jakarta trembles with their latest earthquake, which hit 7.0 on the Richter scale.

‘Supershear’ earthquakes — the “earthquake equivalent of a sonic boom” — don’t follow traditional fault lines and may occur in normally safe areas.