The Status Of Mount Lokon, North Sulawesi Is On Standby, The Geological Agency Asks Residents To Obey The Hazard Radius

JAKARTA - Mount Lokon in Tomohon City, North Sulawesi (Sulut), has increased its status from Level II (Alert) to Level III (Alert). The Geological Agency of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources asked residents to comply with the hazard radius.

"compliance with recommendations is important to avoid unwanted things," said Head of the Center for Monitoring of Volcano and Disaster Mitigation of the Sulawesi and Maluku Land Movement, Juliana DJ Rumambi at the PGA Lokon Post, in Kakaskasen Village, Tomohon, Wednesday, confiscated by Antara.

He said that the recommendations for Alert status must be adhered to, namely the community and tourists not to approach and carry out activities within a 2.5 kilometer radius of Tompaluan Crater (activity center).

In the event of an eruption and ash rain, people are advised to stay indoors, and if they are outside the house, they are advised to use the nose, mouth (mask) and eyes (glasses).

Residents are also expected to be aware of the potential for lahars in rivers that originate from the peak of Mount Lokon, especially during the rainy season.

Head of Balai Juliana reminded that the danger radius of 2.5 kilometers from Tompaluan Crater must be sterile from residents' activities.

"Officers from the Natural Resources Conservation Agency (BKSDA) and the Tomohon City Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) assigned to guard the Pelangi entrance have been advised to come down from there and then guard at the entrance at the west ring road," he said.

At first, he said, the BKSDA personnel and the Tomohon City BPBD were on guard at a radius of 1.5 kilometers and then advised to stay away to a radius of 2.5 kilometers.

As a special report on the increase in the status of Mount Lokon from alert to alert, the potential danger of Mount Lokon's activity for now is the sudden occurrence of a phreatic eruption (eruption caused by magma vapor contact with hydrothermal water) with or without any indication of a significant increase.

The Geological Agency of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) has upgraded the status of Mount Lokon in Tomohon City, North Sulawesi (Sulut) from alert (level II) to alert (level III) since 12.00 WITA, Wednesday 3 September.