Anak Krakatau Eruption 60 Times

Kamis, 03 Jan 2019 08:52 WIB

SURABAYAPAGI.com - Anak Krakatau erupted 60 times on Wednesday (2/1) until Thursday (3/1) in the morning. White smoke to deep black was also seen by the monitoring post officer. Previously on Tuesday (1/1) in the night, Anak Krakatau was recorded as having spewed material through eruption 16 times. Head of Anak Krakatau Post, Windi Cahaya Untung said, each visible eruption lasted 80-160 seconds. "The number of eruptions is 60 times with an amplitude of 16-30 mm and a duration of 80-160 seconds," Windi told reporters on Thursday morning. He said, the mountain body can be clearly seen from the post. Mountain eruption observed. From the observation of the officers, the smoke range of Anak Krakatau is in the figure of 300-500 meters. "Strong pressure crater smoke was observed in white, gray to black with a thickness and height of 200-1500 meters above the top of the crater," he said. The clerk also noted the gusts of hot clouds as much as 32 times with an amplitude of 8-28 mm which lasted 39-145 seconds. In addition, there is also a one-time long tectonic earthquake with a amplitude of 13 mm with a duration of 100 seconds and earthquake tremor with an amplitude of 2-22 mm. However, until now the officers did not hear the sound of a boom from the direction of the mountain. With the status of the mountain which is still level 3 (standby), the community is prohibited from being within a 5 kilometer radius of the mountain location. "The weather is cloudy and cloudy. The wind blows weakly to the northeast and east. The air temperature is 24-31 degrees Celsius and air humidity is 63-96 percent," he said. rk

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