Banjarnegara, Jan. 23 -- Banjarnegara District's Disaster Mitigation Agency made assurance on Thursday of no increased volcanic activity at the crater of Dieng plateau in the aftermath of a 1.4-magnitude earthquake that rocked the highland on Monday (Jan 20).

"Alhamdulillah (Thank God), there is no increase in the volcanic activity at the crater of Dieng plateau in the aftermath of the earthquake," the agency's head, Arief Rahman, informed journalists here on Thursday.

The current situation appears normal, and local residents conduct their routine activities without any sense of fear, Rahman remarked.

Concurrently, Head of Banjarnegara District's Geophysics Station Setyoajie Prayoedhie reported no further aftershocks in the Dieng plate...