If you take the quakes below 4M out of the following sit's list, the
run up to the Java quake and tsunami would have been in the region of
sparse to thinner

17th
5.8 SOUTH OF JAVA, INDONESIA
6.3 SOUTH OF JAVA, INDONESIA
5.5 SOUTH OF JAVA, INDONESIA
5.2 SOUTH OF JAVA, INDONESIA
5.1 SOUTH OF JAVA, INDONESIA
4.9 SOUTH OF JAVA, INDONESIA
5.4 SOUTH OF JAVA, INDONESIA
5.8 SOUTH OF JAVA, INDONESIA
5.4 SOUTH OF JAVA, INDONESIA
6.0 JAVA, INDONESIA
6.2 SOUTH OF JAVA, INDONESIA
5.7 SOUTH OF JAVA, INDONESIA
7.7 SOUTH OF JAVA, INDONESIA
5.3 SOUTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA
4.5 RAT ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, ALASKA

16th
5.0 TARAPACA, CHILE
5.2 GUAM REGION
4.7 FIJI REGION
5.1 HALMAHERA, INDONESIA
6.3 OFFSHORE ATACAMA, CHILE

15th
4.7 FIJI REGION
5.1 OFF THE WEST COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA
4.9 KERMADEC ISLANDS REGION
5.8 BANDA SEA

14th
4.0 SOUTHERN IDAHO
4.4 SALTA, ARGENTINA
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/...quakes_all.php

Perhaps if they had a separate page for their local quakes, or at least
the ones below 4M, the page might provide a little in the way of a
warning for the next time, eh?
"Latest Earthquakes Magnitude 2.5 or Greater in the United States and
Adjacent Areas and Magnitude 4.0 or Greater in the Rest of the World -
Last 7 days."

As it happens there is more to come so don't unglue your snot 'oles
from the winder.