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Earthquake cause for mud volcanoes draws criticism
A fresh study of the Lusi mud volcanoes in East Java, which began erupting in May 2006, concludes that the disaster was caused by a natural phenomenon, but has been met with widespread public scepticism in Indonesia, with one prominent local geologist questioning its validity. According to the study, published in Nature Geoscience on 21 July, the mud eruption…
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Indonesian Firms Denied Drilling Caused Mud Volcano
Richard Davies told Reuters on Thursday that the well was being drilled next to a mud volcano at the same time it erupted.