Shining The Abu 700 Meters High, Karangetang Volcano Still Inflicts The Lava Pijar

SULUT - Karangetang Volcano is still rolling in incandescent lava on Thursday, February 16 evening. The puff of smoke accompanied the tip of the lava melting.

The thick smoke was gray white until the brownish soared about 700 meters high from the summit to the east.

"Still removing lava from the top of the main crater," said Head of the Karangetang Volcano Observation Post, Yudia Prama Tatipang, in Manado, Thursday, February 16, confiscated by Antara.

Yudia reminded residents around the mountain in Sitaro Islands Regency, North Sulawesi (Sulut), to remain vigilant.

He also asked residents to follow the recommendations by not entering disaster-prone radii to avoid unwanted things.

Visually, Yudi said that the Karangetang Volcano was clearly visible until it was covered in fog, white main crater smoke was also observed with a moderate intensity of about 50-75 meters from the summit.

It was recorded that one distant tectonic earthquake with an amplitude of 20 millimeters, an S-P of 44 seconds and an earthquake of 110 seconds, one continuous tremor earthquake with an amplitude of 3-30 millimeters, was dominant for three millimeters.

"It's as if it's dominated by avalanches," he said.

Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG), the Geological Agency of the Ministry of Mineral Resources raised the status of Mount Karangetang from alert level II to alert level III after showing signs of an increase in volcanic activity.