Mount Kerinci AGAIN The Eruption Ignited Abu As High As 600 Meters, Lower Than Yesterday's Eruption

Photo via Antara.

SUMBAR - Mount Kerinci has erupted again. The mountain on the border of Jambi and West Sumatra Provinces (West Sumatra) vomited volcanic ash as high as 600 meters Thursday, January 12.

Officers of the Kerinci Volcano Observation Post, Irwan Syafwan, said that the eruption of Mount Kerinci today was lower than the eruption on Wednesday, January 11.

"There has been an eruption of Mount Kerinci on January 12, 2023, at 06.20 WIB with a height of about 600 meters above the peak (less than 4,405 meters above sea level, ed.)," said Irwan in a written statement, Thursday 12 Jnauari, confiscated by Antara.

He added that the ash column was observed to be gray with moderate intensity leaning towards the northeast and east.

This eruption was recorded on a seismogram with a maximum amplitude of millimeters and a temporary duration of 13 minutes 20 seconds. The seismogram recorded a continuous tremor with an amplitude of 1-4 dominant 2.

"The eruption is still ongoing while reports are being made," he said.

The highest active volcano in Southeast Asia is still at level II (Alert) status.

People around Mount Kerinci and visitors/tourists are prohibited from climbing craters at the top of the mountain within a three-kilometer radius of the active crater (people are prohibited from doing activities within the danger radius/KRB III).

It is better if flight routes around Mount Kerinci are avoided because at any time they still have the potential for ash eruptions with heights that could disrupt flight routes.

Previously, the mountain, which is located in Kerinci Regency and South Solok Regency, erupted on January 11 with an ash column height of about 900 meters above the peak (approximately 4,705 meters above sea level).