Yogyakarta is located in Central Java, a dynnamic volcanic are island in the Indonesian Archipelago. The volcanic island are was formed by the interaction of the Asian continental plate and the Indian-Australian oceanic plate. On May 27,2006 a Mw 6.3 earthquake accurred near the city of Yogyakarta. The earthquake caused 5,700 fatalities and injured 37,000. This was the latest in a string of nat…