Mount Anak Krakatau Erupts 1,000 Meters High

Mount Anak Krakatau erupted (Photo: Antara)

JAKARTA - Mount Anak Krakatau in the waters of the Sunda Strait, South Lampung Regency, Lampung Province experienced an eruption on Sunday (10/10) at 12:36 WIB with the height of the ash column observed to be around 1,000 meters above the peak or around 1,157 meters above sea level.

"There has been an eruption of Mount Anak Krakatau, Lampung, on September 10 2023 at 12:36 p.m. Western Indonesian Time (WIB)," said an official statement from the Center for Volcanology and Geological Disaster Mitigation (PVMBG) in Jakarta, Sunday, quoted by Antara.

PVMBG explained that the ash column was observed to be gray to black in color with thick intensity leaning towards the northeast and the eruption was recorded on a seismogram with a maximum amplitude of 70 millimeters and a duration of around three minutes 52 seconds.

Currently, Mount Anak Krakatau is at level III or alert status so that the public, visitors, tourists and climbers are advised not to approach or carry out activities within a five kilometer radius of the active crater.

This volcano is covered in fog so that crater smoke cannot be observed, while the surrounding weather is cloudy with weak winds to the northwest and an air temperature of around 27 degrees Celsius and humidity of 39 to 53 percent.

"There was one Tremor Meneru earthquake," said PVMBG.

For information, Mount Anak Krakatau during June 2023 has erupted six times with varying heights of the ash pool.

Then on Thursday (20/7) at 08.52 a.m. WIB, this mountain erupted again and ejected volcanic ash as high as 2,000 meters which was recorded on the seismogram with a maximum amplitude of 61 millimeters and a duration of approximately 3 minutes and two seconds.