Anak Krakatau erupted on Tuesday, spewing 1,000m ash and smoke column. (Image via Merdeka.com)

Ahead of New Year's Day, Anak Krakatau erupts

Alfonsus Adi Putra
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Dec 31, 2019
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On Tuesday, the Volcanology and Geological Disaster Mitigation Center (PVMBG) reported that Anak Krakatau (Child of Krakatau), Lampung, erupted at around 06.51 a.m. local time. A black column of ash and smoke as the product of the eruption rose around 1,000m in height of around 1,157m above the sea levels, tilting to south direction.

The Head of PVMBG, Kasbani, told that the eruption was recorded on the seismograph with the maximum amplitude of 44mm and lasted about a minute and 33 seconds. But, no explosive sound was heard.

Due to the eruption, PVMBG advised both the locals and tourists to stay away from the crater’s vicinity under a two-kilometer radius.

Fortunately, Kasbani said that the eruption would not affect any flights.

Since 25 March 2019, the alert level status for Anak Krakatau is still classified as “Level II” or “Caution”. Kompas tabulated that The 157-m-above-the-sea-level volcano had been seeing a surge of volcanic activities since June last year, with strings of explosions followed from September 2018 to February 2019.

The most recent eruption happened on early Sunday when Anak Krakatau erupted at 5.29 a.m., spewing 200-high ash and smoke column. The eruption lasted for two minutes.

Anak Krakatau is one of the 17 Indonesian volcanoes classified within Level II. Other than that, there are three more active volcanoes classified within Level III or “Watch”. They are Karangetan Volcano & Mount Sinabung, both in Sulawesi Utara; and, Mount Agung, Bali.

The predecessor of Anak Krakatau, Krakatau, produced one of the biggest and worst eruptions in the world's history, killing more than 36,000 people with a tsunami due to its gigantic wave and lowering the Earth’s surface temperature by 1°C. with its ash. Anak Krakatau emerged from the area in 1927 and has been growing ever since.

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