Indonesia’s Anak Krakatoa volcano erupted Friday, spewing a column of ash 3,000 meters high in the biggest eruption since the 2018 tsunami that killed 430 people.
Indonesia’s Center for Volcanology and Geological Risk Mitigation indicated on its website that the volcano recorded an eruption lasting 56 seconds at 08:46 (01:46 in Lisbon).
The explosion was preceded by another, about an hour earlier, of lesser intensity, which sent clouds of smoke and ash 957 meters high for more than 13 minutes.
Terjadi erupsi G. Anak Krakatau pada hari Jumat, 09 June 2023, pukul 07:46 WIB tinggi column abu teramati ± 800 m di atas puncak. Erupsi terekam seismograph with maximum 50 mm amplitude and duration 802 detik. https://t.co/gXKkiVig4G via @id_magma pic.twitter.com/D2O4UwiZeM
– PVMBG (@PVMBG_) June 9, 2023
The volcano, whose activity is rated level 3 by the center, the second highest on a scale of four, had already recorded several small eruptions on Thursday and Tuesday.
Due to the increased activity of the volcano, located in the strait separating the islands of Sumatra and Java and whose peak rises 157 meters above sea level, the authorities have created a five-kilometer safety radius.
The eruption on Dec. 22, 2018, caused the partial collapse of the mountain cone and triggered a tsunami off the coasts of Sumatra and Java that killed 430 people and injured about 14,000, according to official data.
Discovered in 1927, Anak Krakatoa, meaning “Son of Krakatoa”, emerged from the water more than half a century after the destruction of the mythical Krakatoa volcano, in a monumental eruption in 1883, which killed more than 36 thousand people and a period of global cooling.
Indonesia lies on the Pacific Ring of Fire, an area of high seismic and volcanic activity that is rocked by about 7,000 earthquakes each year, the vast majority of which are moderate.
Source: DN
