Magnitude-5.6 quake shakes Yogyakarta (Indonesian city where the evacuees from the volcano ran to)

[Turborama]

Source: Jakarta Post

The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Tue, 11/09/2010 3:06 PM (local time - roughly half an hour before posting)

An earthquake measuring 5.6 on the Richter scale shook Yogyakarta for three to five seconds on Tuesday at 2.03 p.m.

The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) reported that epicenter of the quake was situated 125 kilometers southwest of Bantul regency, at a depth of 10 kilometers below sea level.

The earthquake caused residents to flee from buildings, however no injuries or deaths have been reported so far.

Read more: http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2010/11/09/magnitude56-quake-shakes-yogyakarta.html

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Anyone out there know how/if this could be related?

OP from yesterday about residents escaping Yogyakarta: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4606067">'Like that movie 2012': Terrified crowds flee erupting volcano

OP from the weekend about the recent eruptions of Merpati: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x9506514">Heads Up: Massive Volcanic Eruptions In Indonesia (Dialup Warning & Incl. Some Very Graphic Images)

[haifa lootin]

1. Related? Sure, volcanoes and earthquakes go together like thunder and lightning.

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[Turborama]

2. I actually meant whether these two events might be related.

Could it be a sign of an even bigger eruption just about to happen, for example.

[kestrel91316]

4. I find myself wondering about Toba........

[Odin2005]

3. Rumblings in Merapi's magma chamber?