Not Toxic Gas Found in 1 Km Radius, Dieng Mountain Access Road Opens

Homes damaged by the earthquake in Dieng (Photo: Arbi detikcom)

Banjarnegara-Vice Regent Hadi Supeno ask Banjarnegara SAR team to quickly open the access road that previously had closed after the earthquake 4.8 on the Richter Scale (SR) on Friday (19/4) yesterday evening. Previous quake was feared impact on Dieng Volcano activity, especially Weigh crater which is still standby status and release toxic gases.

"Last night was closed because it was feared harmful to humans and vehicles. Currently I am instructed to cut off all means of barriers, "said Hadi Supeno current earthquake disaster coordination meeting held at the District Office Dieng Batur, Saturday (20/04/2013).

The exclusion of these roadblocks after Banjarnegara regency received a report from the Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) which states no toxic gases detected within a radius of 1 kilometer after the earthquake yesterday.

"With the removal of the barrier is expected to make a tool of psychological aspects of returning citizens believe if the area is safe," he explained.

While a teacher of elementary school (SD) Kepakisan, Kepakisan Village, District Batur, Banjarnegara, Central Java, and his son had to be rushed to the hospital after falling his official residence buildings that collapsed in the quake. Currently, the teacher named Sri and her son were treated at Emergency Hospital Medika Banyumas.

"The information Kepakisan an elementary school teacher and kindergarten children are still building his house when the earthquake struck," said Sarki, PGRI Banjarnegara Rescue team told AFP.

From the observation in several locations AFP, Saturday (20/4) afternoon, the refugees remained in camps provided by the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) as well as the volunteers. People's houses in several villages still seemed deserted because most residents were displaced.

While the main access road to the District Batur is also a toxic gas disaster evacuation lane closed container trucks transporting Krane. Other alternative pathways through the village Kepakisan observed four-point landslide closed the road shoulder.

The earthquake occurred at 18:58 pm yesterday since. Then from 19:00 pm until 20:03 pm, and recorded 160 earthquakes felt in almost all regions of the Dieng Plateau with MMI scale III-V.

Head of Geophysics Station Meteorology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) Banjarnegara, Ahmad Lani, said the earthquake that rocked the Dieng Plateau measuring 4.8 on the Richter Scale (SR). The epicenter was located at 7.29 south latitude and 109.88 east longitude, or 11 kilometers northwest of Wonosobo with a depth of 10 kilometers. This includes tectonic earthquake and predicted its center in the village of Tanji Autumn, District Onions. Tremors felt in Banjarnagera, Wonosobo, Trunk with a duration of 5-30 seconds per earthquake.