Early warning systems for quake to be set up<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia is exploring the possibility of
\ncooperation with the European Economic Community to set up early
\nwarning systems for earthquakes.<\/p>\n
Indonesia plans to build 21 quake monitoring stations across
\nthe archipelago equipped with early warning systems to minimize
\nfatalities in case of disasters, head of the coordinating agency
\nfor survey and mapping (Bakosurtanal), R.W. Matindas, said
\nyesterday.<\/p>\n
\"This cooperation will be important for us because natural
\ndisasters have been striking parts of the country at ever
\nincreasing frequencies,\" Matindas said.<\/p>\n
The plan comes at a time when deadly tidal waves spurred by
\nmajor earthquakes are still fresh in the public's mind. Last
\nmonth, tidal waves killed more than 200 people and caused
\nextensive damage to property and public facilities in East Java.<\/p>\n
Earlier this year, a major quake hit Liwa district in Lampung,
\nkilling more than 250 people and causing major damage.<\/p>\n
Yesterday, an earthquake measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale
\nrocked Cilacap, but there were no reports of damage or
\ncasualties, the meteorological agency and police said.<\/p>\n
The quake struck at 8:57 a.m. local time. The epicenter was in
\nthe Indian Ocean, 85 kilometers south of Cilacap in Central Java,
\na meteorological agency said.<\/p>\n
The early warning system, Matindas said, will involve the
\nplacement of censor devices on the seabed to monitor changes in
\nmarine behavior and transmit the data to the buoy on the ocean's
\nsurface.<\/p>\n
Instruments in the buoy will then pass the data on to the
\nsatellite, which will transmit the signal to ground stations that
\nactivate the alarm of the early warning system.<\/p>\n
Matindas said some 90 percent of quakes in Indonesia occur at
\nthe joints of faults of the Indo-Australian plate in the Indian
\nOcean and the Eurasian plate in the South China Sea.<\/p>\n
He said his agency was in the process of making the heaps of
\ndata at his office useful for the public. (prs)<\/p>",
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