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Karangetang volcanoStratovolcano 1784 m (5,853 ft)Siau Island, Sangihe Islands, Indonesia, 2.78°N / 125.48°E Karangetang volcano eruptions: 1675, 1712, 1825, 1864, 1883, 1886, 1887, 1892, 1899, 1900, 1905, 1921, 1922, 1924, 1926, 1930, 1930, 1935, 1940, 1940, 1941, 1947, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1952, 1953, 1961, 1961, 1962-62, 1965-67, 1967, 1970-71, 1972-76, 1976-77, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1983-88, 1989, 1991-93, 1995, 1996-97, 1998, 1999-2003, 2004-2005. 2008-9, 2010, 2011, 2012 Typical eruption style: Explosive. Formation of lava domes and pyroclastic flows. Karangetang webcams / live data Last earthquakes nearby Karangetang volcano (Siau Island, Indonesia): new eruption, lava flow reaches settlementsTuesday Sep 11, 2012 23:49 PM | BY: T
A new eruption started at Mount Karangetang volcano (Siau volcano, Sangihe Islands, Indonesia) on 9 Sep. According to newspaper articles, at least 2 lava flows (and possibly pyroclastic flows) has come to within close distance of settlements, where residents have fled. The spokesman of the local volcano observatory describes that lava had flown through the Kali Kahetang valley to Bolo Kelurahan Tarorane village and through the Batuawang valley to the Kola-Kola Kelurahan Bebali Kecamatan Siau Timru village (?). According to the news, the residents in this area have been evacuated to safer locations.
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Links / Sources: Previous newsThursday, May 17, 2012
Darwin VAAC reported that on 14 May an ash plume from Karangetang rose to an altitude of 3.7 km (12,000 ft) a.s.l. and drifted 130 km SE. ...
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Friday, Mar 18, 2011
The activity of Karangetang volcano is increasing. The Indonesian Volcanological Survey has raised the highest level of alert (4), after pyroclastic flows (block and ash flow type) from the new growing lava dome on the summit into the Kali Kali Nanitu und Pangi valleys have have reached nearly 4 km distance from the crater on 18 March. 3 villages have been ordered to evacuate.
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Saturday, Mar 12, 2011
A new eruption started at Karangetang volcano yesterday 11 March (the day the massive Japan earthquake markes history). Karangetang is located on the remote Island of Api Siau north of Northern Sulawesi in Indonesia. Most likely, the new activity consists of strombolian activity, and perhaps intermittent phases of lava fountaining. ...
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Thursday, Sep 30, 2010
Karangetang continues to be active, as a recent report from the Indonesian Volcanological Survey shows, kindly translated in the latest SI/USGS Weekly Volcanic Activity Report: ...
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Saturday, Aug 07, 2010
A sudden eruption at Karangetang volcano in the remote island of Siau in the Sangihe archipel north of N Sulawesi happened on Friday 5 August and killed at least 4 people, as various news report. Several villagers living around the volcano are missing and many others are injured. ...
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