Scientists say no big Indonesia quake again soon

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by Staff Writers
Yogyakarta, Indonesia (AFP) Jun 4, 2006
There is little danger of another strong earthquake on Indonesia's Java island in the near future, scientists said Sunday, as jittery survivors endured more aftershocks.

"There's not enough energy any more to trigger a big earthquake," Surono, a vulcanologist in the energy ministry's geological disaster management center, told AFP.

He described the aftershocks around the city of Yogyakarta since the powerful May 27 earthquake as "very small", at a magnitude of 2.0 to 3.0, adding: "There is no danger to the population."

Some of the tens of thousands of people left homeless by the 6.3-magnitude quqkae which struck a week ago, killing more than 6,200 people, have been afraid to go back to their homes due to hundreds of minor aftershocks.

Surono said the frequency and strength of the aftershocks was steadily decreasing, making the likelihood of a bigger quake in the short term even more remote, although he cautioned it was difficult to make a long-term prediction.

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