Experts link earthquakes to volcanic activity

File this under: No shit!!!??

I'm no expert (on anything) and definitely not on geology or volcanology, but...duh!

Experts say the tectonic quakes that recently struck Java and Sumatra might be responsible for triggering increased activities at several volcanoes on both islands. A seismologist from the Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB), Nanang T. Puspito, said the tectonic quakes that occurred along the West Sumatra and southern Java coasts over the past week have likely increased activity in a number of volcanoes. Nanang said plate movements below the earth's mantle could increase the pressure of the upper magma pocket of a volcano and trigger an eruption followed by volcanic quakes.

Ya think rain and slippery roads are related? Just asking.

Via The Signs.