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Indonesia, Lokon Mountain erupted again

Sulawesi Utara, Indonesia
Event Date : Sat, 15 Sep 2012 | Disaster : Volcano (1)
AHADID : AHA-VO-2012-000100-IDN | GLIDE Number :

Affected Area/s

  • Bitung
  • Bolaang Mongondow
  • Bolaang Mongondow Selatan
  • Bolaang Mongondow Timur
  • Bolaang Mongondow Utara
  • Kepulauan Sangihe
  • Kepulauan Talaud
  • Kotamobagu
  • Manado
  • Minahasa
  • Minahasa Selatan
  • Minahasa Tenggara
  • Minahasa Utara
  • Siau Tagulandang Biaro
  • Tomohon

Description

The Volcanological and Geological Disaster Mitigation Centre (PVMBG) reported the explosive eruption of Lokon Mountain which recorded in September 15, at 10:53 GMT. The eruption blown the volcanic material to the sky up to 1.500 meters height and followed with magma flow from the crater. Learning from the typical characteristic of Lokon - in which after rapid increase of activity, Lokon‘ activity decreased significantly and did not cause casualties or damage - Lokon‘ status remain STANDBY status (level 3). However, BPNP issued strong recommendation to the community for not having any activity in radius of 1.5 kilometers from the crater.

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