Activity of Mt Anak Krakatau increasing

[Gert van der Hoek]

11/09/07 00:16

Activity of Mt Anak Krakatau increasing

Serang (ANTARA News) - The activity of Mt Anak Krakatau in the Sunda Strait in the last 18 days has been increasing causing frequent volcanic tremors.

Anak Krakatau also spewed molten lava and hot rocks reaching 700 meters high.

According to the Anak Krakatau Monitoring Post in Pasauran village, Cinangka subdistrict, Serang regency, on Thursday, that from 6 a.m to 6 p.m West Indonesia Time, it had recorded 195 eruptions, four deep volcanic and 49 shallow volcanoc shocks, and 18 tremors.

"Unless the number of eruptions and volcanic tremors declined, the molten lava may reach the surrounding land. This is very dangerous, because a major eruption may be imminent," Head of the monitoring post Anton said on Thursday night.(*)

credits Christian

 

[Commonground]

Re: Activity of Mt Anak Krakatau increasing

Is this the same Mt. that was decreasing? I know there are 3.....

 

[Gert van der Hoek]

Re: Activity of Mt Anak Krakatau increasing

Is this the same Mt. that was decreasing? I know there are 3.....

No it is another volcano, a famous or infamous one. Biggest recorded eruption ever, more than 100 years ago.

Krakatau is an island between Java and Sumatra. The Kelud is in Central Java, slowing down.

Great picture attached.

 

[AlaskaDenise]

Re: Activity of Mt Anak Krakatau increasing

Indonesia's Child of Krakatau volcano spits flames

Fri Nov 9, 2007 5:09am GMT

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia's "Child of Krakatau" volcano, formed after Mount Krakatau's legendary eruption in 1883, has been spitting out flaming rocks and smoke for days, but it is not especially dangerous, a vulcanologist said on Friday.

Mount Anak Krakatau, which lies in the Sunda Strait between the islands of Java and Sumatra, began erupting early in November and will continue to rumble for some time, Saut Simatupang of Indonesia's Centre for Vulcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation told Reuters.

"Anak Krakatau has been erupting, but it is not dangerous. In fact, it is a sight to see," Simatupang said. "If the weather is good, you can see a beautiful mountain with lava coming down from its crater and blasting red flames."

Scientists monitoring Anak Krakatau said the volcano had blasted burning rocks 95 times since Thursday night.

Indonesia has the highest number of active volcanoes of any country, sitting on a belt of intense seismic activity known as the "Pacific Ring of Fire."

Anak Krakatau, which lies 42 km from the nearest observation post in Serang on the westernmost edge of Java, is one of four Indonesian volcanoes that have rumbled to life in recent weeks.

It gradually formed after the volcanic island of Krakatau blew up in a massive eruption in 1883, triggering tsunamis and killing more than 36,000 people.

Ashes from that eruption, one of the most devastating natural disasters in recorded history, were carried by upper level winds as far away as New York City.

Authorities have advised people to stay out of a 3-km zone around Anak Krakatau, where tourists often land from small boats to scramble up its newly formed slopes.

Scientists said on Thursday they had lowered the alert level on Mount Kelud, in East Java, to the second highest level because of a decline in its activity and advised thousands of people who had fled to government shelters to return to their homes.

The vulcanology centre had raised the alert status of the deadly volcano to maximum about three weeks ago.

(Reporting by Mita Valina Liem, writing by Ahmad Pathoni, Editing by Sugita Katyal and Alex Richardson)