Beware, Dieng Weigh Crater Activity Increasing

BANJARNEGARA - MICOM: Activity Mountain Crater Weigh in Dieng, Banjarnegara regency, Central Java, showed significant increases.
Increased activity is not yet known whether associated with the emergence of two earthquakes in Kebumen who felt until the Banjarnegara. But the quake on Sunday (5 / 6) night and Monday (6 / 6) morning also had the chance to make people panic because of mistaken Banjarnegara Weigh crater activity.
The Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) Surono states do not want wished link between the earthquake that occurred in Kebumen with Timbang.Tetapi crater activity, in fact, after an earthquake occurs twice in Kebumen, Weigh Crater activity increases.
"Previously there was no volcanic earthquake, now appears again. Then the CO2 gas concentration also increased to 1.95 percent by volume. But again I say, I am not wishing to link, just look at the reality," he said when contacted mediaindonesia.com,Monday.
The earthquake had indeed occurred twice in Kebumen, on Sunday night with a power of 3.7 on the Richter scale (SR) and 3.9 SR. The tremors could be felt until at Dieng, Banjarnegara.
According to the Head of Geophysics Station Climatology Meteorology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) Banjarnegara Ahmad Lani first earthquake occurred on Sunday at about 21:02 pm with a magnitude 3.7 force. The quake was located at 7.60 degrees southern latitude (LS) and 109.67 degrees east longitude (BT) or eight kilometers (km) north of Kebumen with a depth of 10 km. "The quake was felt in Banjarnegara local with the power to III MMI (Mercallimodify intensity), "said Lani.
The second quake occurred at 2:11 pm located at 7.46 latitude and 109.66 east longitude or 24 km northwest of Kebumen with a depth of 11 km. The quake was also felt by residents on a scale Banjarnegara III MMI.
Meanwhile, based on data from Volcano Observation Post (PPGA) Dieng, seismic activity and CO2 levels in the crater Weigh increase. According to the Head of Disaster Potential Evaluation PVMBG Gatot M Sudrajat, on Sunday CO2 levels recorded 1.54% of volume, while on Monday pwengukuran start at 00.00 until 06:00 to reach 1.95% by volume.
"The quake was also still occur, ie, with gusts quake, local tectonic earthquakes, and tectonic earthquakes far each one once and volcanic earthquakes in the two times," he explained. (LD/OL-01)


source : http://www.mediaindonesia.com/read/2011/06/06/231737/289/101/Hati-Hati-Aktivitas-Kawah-Timbang-Dieng-Terus-Meningkat

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