Residents Of The Sunda Strait Coast Are Advised To Be Alert To The Eruption Of Mount Anak Krakatau, Fishermen Are Asked To Stay 4 Km Away From Crater

Mount Anak Krakatau erupted in 2018. (Antaranews)

BANTEN - Banten Police appealed to coastal residents to be aware of the eruption of Mount Anak Krakatau (GAK) in the Sunda Strait waters to anticipate the potential impact of the eruption. Head of Public Relations of the Banten Police Kombes Pol Didik Hariyanto explained, based on information from the Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) there had been two eruptions of Mount Anak Krakatau on Wednesday 6 December. "The first eruption occurred at 00.06 WIB with a height of approximately 1,000 meters above the peak or approximately 1,157 meters above sea level," he said in Banten, confiscated by Antara. Then the second eruption occurred at 09,54 WIB with an ash pond height of approximately 500 meters above the peak or approximately 657 meters above sea level. And the results of visual and instrumental observations of Mount Anak Krakata or were at Level III (Siaga) experiencing an increase in activity that was increasingly real or the volcano erupted.

Didik juga menhimbau agar nelayan termasuk warga pesisir tidak mendekati GAK atau beraktivitas dalam radius lima kilometer atau km dari kawah aktif."Saat ini Gunung Anak Krakatau berada pada level III siaga, kami menghimbau kepada warga di pesisir khususnya nelayan agar tidak mendekati gunung dengan radius lima kilometer," katanya.Ia menjelaskan, sejak kelahiran GAK pada Juni 1927 hingga saat ini, erupsi berulang kali terjadi, sehingga GAK tumbuh semakin besar dan tinggi.Karakter letusan Gunung Anak Krakatau berupa erupsi eksplosif dan erupsi efusif dengan waktu istirahat letusannya berkisar antara satu sampai enam tahun.