Mount Anak Krakatau South Lampung Erupts Again, Fishermen Are Asked Not To Approach The Area

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

Mount Anak Krakatau, which is located in the waters of the Sunda Strait, South Lampung Regency, experienced another eruption today at around 12.15 WIB. The height of the ash column was observed about 1,200 meters above the peak or about 1,357 meters above sea level. The Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) reported that the eruption was recorded on a seismogram with a maximum amplitude of 49 millimeters and a duration of approximately 1 minute 13 seconds. The ash column was observed to be black with thick intensity to the northeast. 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, Thursday, December 7 evening. 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 4 times today.