Mount Anak Krakatau Is Back In Eruption Tonight

Image of Mount Anak Krakatau from CCTV PVMBG. (ANTARA/HO-PVMBG)

Mount Anak Krakatau at 22:57 WIB experienced another eruption, with an ash column height of approximately 1,500 meters above the peak or about 1,657 meters above sea level.

According to a report broadcast on the official website of the Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG), the eruption occurred on Monday, December 4, 2023, at 22.57 WIB.

The column of black ash with thick intensity from the mountain is heading northwest.

The eruption was recorded on a seismogram with a maximum amplitude of 64 millimeters and a duration of approximately 2 minutes 30 seconds.

Head of the Mount Anak Krakatau Monitoring Post in Hargopancuran, Rajabasa District, South Lampung, Andi Suardi, said the closest settlement of Mount Anak Krakatau is on Sebesi Island, which is 16.5 kilometers away.

Andi appealed to the public and fishermen not to approach the Mount Anak Krakatau area at a radius of five kilometers.

"Currently Mount Anak Krakatau is at level III, on standby, with the recommendations of the community, fishermen, mountain climbers, not approaching the mountain with a radius of five kilometers," he said as quoted by ANTARA, Monday, December 4.

Since the birth of Mount Anak Krakatau in June 1927 until now, eruptions have occurred repeatedly, so that Mount Anak Krakatau grows bigger and higher.

The eruption characteristics of Mount Anak Krakatau are in the form of explosive eruptions and effusive eruptions with eruption breaks ranging from one to six years.

To note, Mount Anak Krakatau, which is located in the waters of the Sunda Strait, South Lampung Regency, has issued an eruption 11 times today.