NewsTracker Answers for week of Aug. 11, 2014

Q: Raudhatul Jannah was just 4 years old when she slipped from her father's grasp during the 2004 Indonesian tsunami. Her family found her 10 years later. Where is Indonesia?

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Q: Raudhatul was swept onto a remote island, where she was found by a fisherman who raised her with his family until she was spotted by her uncle. How many islands does Indonesia have?

A. 13

B. 134

C. 1,346

D. 13,466

D. More than 238 million Indonesians live on an archipelago of 13,466 islands. It the world's fourth most populous country after China, India and the United States.

Q: What caused the 2004 tsunami which killed more than 230,000 people in fourteen countries?

A. Asteroid

B. Earthquake

C. Volcanic eruption

D. Nuclear explosion

B. The third largest earthquake ever recorded on a seismograph occurred on Sunday, Dec. 26, 2004, and was centered about 100 miles west of the Indonesian island of Sumatra where Raudhatul and her family lived. The massive quake triggered waves up to 100 feet high and slightly altered the Earth's rotation.

Q: Indonesia was hit hardest by the catastrophe with 130,736 people killed and 37,063 missing. Which nation reporting deaths was farthest away from the earthquake's epicenter?

A. Myanamar

B. Somalia

C. South Africa

D. Yemen

C. South Africa reported two deaths from waves that hit the nation more than 10 hours after the earthquake.

Q: Indonesia is the site of numerous volcanoes and frequent earthquakes. Scientists say Sumatra was the site of the largest volcanic eruption in the last 30 million years. What is the site of the second largest?

A. Idaho

B. Chile

C. Hawaii

D. New Zealand

A. The Yellowstone Hotspot in Idaho and Wyoming has been the site of four “supereruptions” - all more than 600,000 years ago. The eruption in Indonesia occurred about 70,000 years ago, and some scientists theorize it may have killed 60 percent of the humans living at that time.