Erupsi Gunung Kerinci 11 Januari: Lontaran Abu 900 Meter During 8 Minutes 20 Detik

Photo via Antara

The Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) recorded the ejection of ash as high as 900 meters on Mount Kerinci located in Jambi and West Sumatra.

Mount Kerinci Observation Post officer Irwan Safwan said the eruption occurred for approximately 8 minutes 20 seconds which was recorded on a seismogram with a maximum amplitude of 3 millimeters at 05:46 WIB.

"The ash column was observed to be gray with thick intensity leaning towards the northeast and east," he said in a statement received in Jakarta, Wednesday, January 11.

PVMBG recommends that visitors and tourists around Mount Kerinci should not climb the crater at the top of the volcano within a three-kilometer radius of the active crater, as quoted by Antara.

PVMBG also recommends that flight routes around Mount Kerinci be avoided because at any time they still have the potential for ash eruptions with heights that could disrupt flight routes.

Throughout 2022, Mount Kerinci has experienced five eruptions. The eruption that occurred today was the first eruption recorded in 2023.

Mount Kerinci, which is located on the border of Kerinci Jambi Regency and South Solok Regency, West Sumatra, currently still has a Level II status or is on standby since September 9, 2007.

PVMBG stated that the volcano, which is in the form of a volcano strato, has explosive eruption characters that are interspersed with lava flows. Geological data is generally dominated by lava flows.

The character of the eruption of Mount Kerinci is a weak volcano-type eruption that only emits eruption ash material, no lava flow data is recorded as stated in the history of its eruption.