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There was an earthquake measuring 6.2 a day or two ago in Indonesia. "Yesterday" there was another 6.2 earthquake recorded of the coast of Papua New Guinea. 30 minutes after that and 2,500 miles away in Tonga there was an earthquake measuring 6.7. Do these earthquakes have anything to do with one another? How about the volcano 25 miles north of the 6.2 Indonesian earthquake? It has been erupting for a few months and has shown a lot of activity in the last couple of weeks. Is the origin of this recent volcanic activity also responsible for the earthquakes?
Massive eruption feared following aftershocks
By Steve Bird
A SERIES of powerful aftershocks hit the Pacific basin’s volatile Ring of Fire yesterday giving rise to fears that the Mount Merapi, the smouldering volcano, could erupt.
The aftershocks follow the powerful earthquake that struck the island of Java early on Saturday morning.
More than 450 aftershocks have been recorded in the area, underlining the volatility of the region, an area at the mercy of faultlines and home to the world’s highest density of active and rumbling volcanoes.
The first big aftershock, with a magnitude of 6.2, was recorded shortly after 3am yesterday about 117 miles off the coast of New Britain, an island off Papua New Guinea’s northeast coast.
Around 30 minutes later a second aftershock hit the coast of Tonga, about 2,500 miles away. There were no reports of serious injuries in either incident.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,25689-2201276,00.html