Before we get into the news about all the activity in Indonesia, I did want to point out a couple of articles about the connection between earthquakes and volcanoes. After the Sendai earthquake, there has been a lot of talk about the matter, especially concerning Mt. Fuji, but most volcanologists think that you need a volcano already very close to eruption for an earthquake to trigger a new eruption ... and remember, a volcano "close to eruption" should be showing other signs, such as seismicity, gas emissions, deformation and the like. Check out the pieces in the LA Times and on Magma Cum Laude for more on the earthquake-volcano connection (or lack thereof).
Let's catch up on the volcano news from the weekend:
Two volcanoes were causing problems in Indonesia over the weekend. The first, Merapi, was generating lahars/mudflows due to heavy precipitation in the area. This remobilizes the ash/tephra ...
