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Posted by Zephyr on 9/19/2011, 2:50 pm
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Posted by Zephyr on 9/19/2011, 2:50 pm
| People here are jittery because of the mountain's history - and they're not used to feeling the earth move so violently beneath their feet. Aside from a few minor bursts in steam in the 1960s, the mountain has been quiet for much of the last 200 years. Gede Suantika of the government's Center for Volcanology said activity first picked up in April, with the volcanic quakes jumping from less than five a month to more than 200. "It also started spewing ash and smoke into the air, sometimes as high as 1,400 meters (4,600 feet)," he said. "That's something I've never seen it do before." Authorities raised the alert to the second-highest level two weeks ago, but said only villagers within 3 kilometers (2 miles) from the crater needed to evacuate. http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia-pacific/historys-deadliest-volcano-comes-back-to-life-in-indonesia-sparking-panic-among-villagers/2011/09/19/gIQA3WDheK_story.html |
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Farmers flee as world's deadliest volcano rumbles - ArgosyTn, 9/19/2011, 10:17 am
< Return to message board- Worlds biggest explosion recorded on Earth - Zephyr, 9/19/2011, 12:42 pm
- a much calmer take on it from a volcanologist - cypresstx, 9/19/2011, 11:19 am
- Yup, nothing to see here, move on - Zephyr, 9/19/2011, 2:50 pm
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