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small_human · Joined: 07 May 2004 Posts: 24 Location: World

I read today that Indonesia has about 129 active volcanos. So I guess it also has it's share of earthquakes.

Are earthquakes a common occurence? Have any of you experienced any powerful or particularly scary ones?

I'm due to be in Java by october so I'm keen to know how much a part of life in Indonesia earthquakes are.

I spent a few years in Japan which has fairly regular tremors. I never experienced anything big, thankfully.

Earthquakes freak me out.... Shocked

Winmar · Joined: 11 Feb 2003 Posts: 125 Location: Melbourne

I've never experienced one there, but my wife informs me that they occasionally get small ones in Bandung (West Java), where she's from. Nothing to worry about though.

ls650 · Joined: 10 May 2003 Posts: 3484 Location: British Columbia

I never felt an earthquake when I was in Jakarta (for a year).
One of the teachers I worked with did experience a mild magnitude 5 quake while visiting Bali.

drgonzo · Joined: 03 Feb 2004 Posts: 82

I have felt at least 3 sizeable earthquakes in Indo... not large enough to produce death or destruction, but interesting to feel.
One was in Bogor late 2000, another one in Jakarta early 2001, and a sizeable one in the early morning in Bali in December 2003.
Earthquakes and their frequency are hard to predict or to estimate, if you could you could make a fortune in the Los Angelas area.