20 small quakes shake Reno

Some 20-odd minor earthquakes rattled Reno, Nevada, causing houses and buildings to sway.No major injuries or property damage have been reported but the series of tremors that took place over a period of 12 hours on Sunday, frayed the nerves of residents."Magnitude-3.9 and...

Aftershocks demolish large number of China homes

Even after two weeks of massive earthquake, China is still reeling under the impact of earthquake and now state media has reported that  two further aftershocks have destroyed more than 420,000 houses. One...

10,000 Dead in China Quake, More Feared

UPDATE:  6:04 p.m. EDT May 12, Death toll reaches 10,000Chinese authorities estimate 10,000 deaths in Sichuan province alone.  The earthquake was felt as far as away as Vietnam."The report came as Premier...

Krakatau child generates flames and fireballs

"Serang (ANTARA News) - After having remained quiet for the past two weeks, Mount Anak Krakatau in the Sunda Strait on Tuesday resumed its volcanic activity spewing glowing material and fire balls into the sky, an officer at an observation post in Serang said.During the early...

Seismometer at Mt Anak Krakatau resumes functioning

"The seismometer of the Mt Anak Krakatau (GAK) in the Sunda Strait, Lampung province, has resumed functioning on Sunday at 2.02 p.m West Indonesia Time, because of clear weather after heavy rains for several days in the area.Head of the Mt Anak Krakatau monitoring team in...

Mount Anak Krakatau eruptions not disastrous

Serang (ANTARA News) - Eruptions of Mt Anak Krakatau in the Sunda Strait, would not be so disastrous as the frequency of daily eruptions, volcanic shocks and tremors, has been fluctuating. Observers at the Anak Krakatau monitoring post in Pasauran village, Cinangka...

Activity of Mt Anak Krakatau increasing

Serang (ANTARA News) - The activity of Mt Anak Krakatau in the Sunda Strait in the last 18 days has been increasing causing frequent volcanic tremors. Anak Krakatau also spewed molten lava and hot rocks reaching 700 meters high. According to the Anak Krakatau...

Indonesia volcano eruption imminent despite false alarm: scientist

"A day after a false alarm on Indonesia's Mount Kelut led to panic among residents on its slopes, the volcano is showing signs of an imminent eruption, a scientist said Sunday. "An eruption is now very, very much...

Ash blankets town near Indonesian volcano

""We have checked with the volcano monitoring team, and they say that the ash does not come from Kelud, but from Semeru," he told AFP, referring to a volcano about 90 kilometres (55 miles) away. Semeru has been spewing ash on and off for months, scientists saying that the...

Earthquakes, Indonesian Volcano, Prompts Evacuations

 Volcano early warning chart here "MOUNT KELUD, Indonesia — Hundreds of deep tremors shook one of Indonesia’s deadliest volcanos Friday, prompting the evacuation of thousands of people because the mountain...

Cinema screens, singers to lure Indonesian evacuees

""We will set up an outdoor cinema at several shelters in Blitar district in order to attract people to evacuate," said Kamtono, a local official from one of the two districts that would be affected by the volcano blowing. "We are having big difficulties asking people to...

Indonesia`s Mt. Kelud critical, may erupt - scientist

""Kelud is in a critical phase. It could erupt now," Surono, head of Indonesia's centre for Vulcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation, told Reuters by telephone from the capital Jakarta. On Thursday, another official said there had been more than 600 hundred tremors...

Anak Krakatau produces 24 tremors on Monday morning

""According to our record, it produced 24 tremors from the morning to the afternoon, or more than on previous days," said Anton S. Tripambudi, who is in charge of recording the volcano`s activity. During the same...

Mt Krakatau in Sunda Strait placed in "on-guard" status

"The volcano had produced 20 tremors and released 80-meter to 200-meter-long white-grey smoke plumes every hour over the past three days (Oct 24-26), Sigin, an officer assigned to keep a watch, said on Friday. In a...

Erupting Indonesian volcano spewing hot lava

"Mount Soputan volcano, which lies in North Sulawesi province, likely was producing a small lava flow, but authorities were unable to spot it because the crater remained covered by clouds, Agus Budianto, chief of...

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