Mount Kerinci's SPlung Is Higher, Monitored Up To 1.2 Km Petang

JAMBI - The intensity of volcanic ash from the eruption of Mount Kerinci is getting higher. This petang burst reaches 1,200 meters or 1.2 km from the summit.

Fire Security Officer Kerinci Irwan Safwan said the eruption at 18.10 WIB Thursday, January 12, was recorded on a seismogram with a maximum amplitude of 5 mm and a temporary duration of approximately 10 minutes.

"The ash column was observed to be gray with thick intensity leaning towards the northwest, if you look at it towards the forest, it is possible to go to West Sumatra, Bengkulu and Kerinci themselves," he said, Thursday, Jnauari 12, was confiscated by Antara.

Based on this eruption information, the community around the Kerinci volcano or tourists are not allowed to climb the crater at the top of the Kerinci volcano within a three km radius of the active crater.

"We also urge the public to be alert, listen to valid information so as not to be confused," he said.

Meanwhile, since Thursday morning Mount Kerinci has also experienced an eruption with a duration of 13 minutes and ash bursts reaching 600 meters.

It has been reported that Gunung Kerinci has experienced an eruption for the past two days. Meanwhile, the eruption of Mount Kerinci has occurred since the last few months. As a result, until now the climb to Mount Kerinci is still closed.

Anticipating this, the Jambi Provincial Government has also pioneered the construction of the Mount Kerinci evacuation route that penetrated the Kerinci Seblat National Park (TNKS) area.

This route is the local government's effort to be prepared to deal with the possibility of the highest volcanic disaster in Sumatra.