Indonesian quake could trigger volcanic activity


	Indonesian quake could trigger volcanic activity

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8-9-2007 9:28 AM

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                        JAKARTA (AFP) - 
A powerful 7.5-magnitude earthquake that shook <SPAN id="lw_1186641459_0">Indonesia</SPAN>'s main island of Java early Thursday, including the capital Jakarta, could trigger activity at some of the island's many volcanoes, experts said.                        
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The undersea quake, centred about 110 kilometres (70 miles) east of the capital Jakarta and off the north coast of Java, occurred just after midnight (1700 GMT), rattling buildings and sending panicked residents onto the streets.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070809/sc_afp/indonesiaquakevolcano_070809060637"><P>
"We are closely monitoring Mount Ceremai and Mount Slamet," Surono, head of the energy ministry's Volcanology Centre told Elshinta radio, referring to two volcanoes on densely populated Java.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070809/sc_afp/indonesiaquakevolcano_070809060637"><P>
"If the pressure at the volcanoes is quite high, it may trigger volcanic activity," he said.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070809/sc_afp/indonesiaquakevolcano_070809060637"><P>
The Meteorology and Geophysics Agency said the probability of such an event however was low.</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/4BE41461-11F2-4E5A-A53D-C2823E1D1A63/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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