posted June 13, 2006 03:25 PM
I may be wrong, but I see the area of and the surrounding areas of the legendary Krakatoa as being in potential danger. I feel an event rivaling the legendary Krakatoa could indeed occur. When I do not know, but eventually I feel it will.Article:
Jakarta puts 11 volcanoes on emergency watch list
AFP , JAKARTA
Friday, Apr 15, 2005,Page 1
Advertising Indonesian scientists yesterday placed eleven volcanoes under close watch after a series of powerful quakes awoke intense subterranean forces and increased the chances of a major eruption.
As tens of thousands spent a third night in temporary camps after fleeing the slopes of Mount Talang on Sumatra island, where hot ash has been raining down since Monday, more volcanoes began rumbling into life.
Late Wednesday Anak Krakatau -- the "child" of the legendary Krakatoa that blew itself apart in 1883 in one of the worst-ever natural disasters -- was put on alert status amid warnings of poisonous gas emissions.
No one lives on Krakatau, which forms a small island in the Sunda Strait between Java and Sumatra. But the peak is a popular tourist spot, attracting both Indonesian and foreign day trippers.
A similar warning was earlier issued for Tangkuban Perahu, near the west Java city of Bandung. Next week the city will host more than 50 heads of state, including China's president, at a summit of Asian and African leaders.
Isya Nur Ahmad Dana of Indonesia's Vulcanology Office said Mount Merapi, 70km north of the Sumatran city of Padang, had been on alert since last August, but along with seven other peaks was now under closer watch.
"The status of Tangkuban Perahu in west Java and Krakatau in the Sunda Strait have both been raised from `normal' to `alert' on Wednesday following an observed increase in volcanic activities," Dana said.
Amid growing fears of an imminent disaster in the wake of recent powerful earthquakes and last year's devastating tsunami, the government has urged people to remain calm.
President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono traveled to an area near Talang, 25km east of Padang, to meet some of the more than 20,000 people who have fled villages on the fertile slopes of the smoking peak.
His deputy Yusuf Kalla also warned people living near other active volcanoes to take precautions and urged local officials to make contingency plans in anticipation of an eruption.
"We call on the people to really be alert," he said.
Indonesia has more than 130 active volcanoes, forming part of the Pacific "Ring of Fire" -- an arc of intense seismic activity that stretches from quake-prone Japan through Southeast Asia and across the Pacific basin.
The archipelago nation's proximity to the junction of three continental plates, which jostle under immense pressure, makes it particularly vulnerable to earthquakes and eruptions.
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