Tectonic earthquake in Dompu Suspected Activities Trigger Mount Rinjani

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Tectonic earthquake in Dompu, West Nusa Tenggara, on Monday morning thought to trigger the volcanic activity of Mount Rinjani. Mount Barujari condition is not stable yet still be affected by tectonic earthquake.
"We suspect that the increased activity (Gunung Rinjani) currently no bearing on the tectonic earthquake," said Head of Sub Monitoring Volcanoes Eastern Conference Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) Devi Kamil Syahbana to Kompas.com, Monday (1/8 / 2016).
Why Mount Tambora and Sangeang Api has not been triggered, why Rinjani further have increased activity?
"In a volcano seismology, it is understood that the unstable volcanic system will be more vulnerable triggered a tectonic earthquake. Rinjani now has not really got his balance, the evidence is still there is smoke kept out, therefore so shaken earthquake," said Devi.
He called, post-eruption of Rinjani at the end of 2015 last quarter, the activity of small eruptions still occur occasionally. According to him, it was due to the eruption of Rinjani have long character and post-eruptive peak itself takes time to return to equilibrium.
"We are still analyzing whether this improvement of its ongoing (followed by a significant eruption) or transient (temporary, will decline again, as the activity is only triggered by the earthquake)," he explained.
Head of Data Information and Public Relations of National Disaster Management Agency, Sutupo Purwo Nugroho in a press release received Kompas.com say an earthquake in Dompu cause pressure on the stomach, causing the eruption of Mount Rinjani.
As is known, the earthquake shook Dompu, West Nusa Tenggara at 06:40 pm. The quake had a magnitude of M 5.7. Currently, the volcanic activity of Mount Rinjani child contributed to the closure of Lombok International Airport.
MoT Twitter account Monday afternoon, said that the closure of the airport was carried out starting today at 16:55 pm until Tuesday (02.08.2016) at 10:00 pm.
"Closing BIL extended until 10:00 pm on August 2, 2016 as the majority of volcanic dust has begun in the area of ​​the airport," said a statement from the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency said Monday.