Earthquakes rearranging Earth's map

Finally, after a prolonged absence in the blog world, I have mustered the courage and the stuff to post something new.

In the backdrop of the recent Tsunami disaster, this article on CNN gives a very informative look at some of the forces of nature.

Talking about earthquakes similar to the high-richter Sumatran earthquake that caused the Tsunami, below is what the article puts forth:

In human time, earthquakes that powerful are rare, but in the vastness of geologic time, they are commonplace. "An earthquake of this magnitude, in this part of the world, has probably occurred about a million times since the breakup of Pangea," said Chris Scotese, a geophysicist at the University of Texas-Arlington. "No exaggeration."