[KathyKeegan]

I'm thinking what is happening east of New Guinea is a consequence of Nepal, along with a volcano heating up due to some plate shifting there. The shocks are moving vertically and got up into the 7 range. It may sit back and percolate some gas for a bit, But something is stirring the pot and Nepal probably changed the tensions horizontally. Some of those big shocks are close to 10 miles down. That seems very shallow. Good thing the population is low around that area. If something like that started going off near Sumatra it would be unreal.
You have to bear with me, I don't have the science background you wizards do. I've read up on it for years, so I understand you, but I'll have to get the language straight before I sound very technical.