Krakatau volcanoCaldera 813 m (2,667 ft.) / Anak Krakatau: 189 mSunda Strait, Indonesia, -6.1°S / 105.42°E Krakatau volcano eruptions: 1530, 1680-81, 1684, 1883 (Plinian eruption), 1927-30, 1931-32, 1932-34, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938-40, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1946-47, 1949, 1950, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1958-59, 1959-63, 1965(?), 1969(?), 1972-73, 1975, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1988, 1992-93, 1994-95, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2007-8, April 2009-early 2010, Oct 2010 - March 2011, July-Oct 2011, Jan-May 2012 Typical eruption style: Explosive. Construction of a cinder cone island (Anak Krakatau) inside the caldera formed by the 1883 eruption. Frequent strombolian activity. Krakatau webcams / live data Last earthquakes nearby Krakatoa volcano news, eruption update: new eruption photos of Anak KrakatauWednesday Oct 31, 2007 22:17 PM | BY: TOBIAS SCHORR
GAK published a series of photos showing the new activity at Anak Krakatau. A vent located on the S flank of the summit cone formed as pit crater around 23 October; on around 25 October, phreatic (?) and probably phreatomagmatic ash eruptions started from this location, producing clouds of ash 200-300 m high, and occurring at intervals of 3-6 minutes.
Previous newsMonday, Oct 29, 2007
Our guide Doni from Indonesia just reported new eruptions at Anak Krakatau and that there are new craters on that volcano island. Also Soputan volcano is getting more active the last days.
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Wednesday, May 18, 2005
As the Volcanological Survey of Indonesia reports, seismic activity at Krakatoa has increased during the past days, and the alert level has been risen to 2 (out of 4). [more]Thursday, Apr 14, 2005
Krakatoa volcano in the Sunda Strait between the islands of Java and Sumatra is showing an increased seismic activity as the Indonesian Volcanological Survey reports. Whether eruptive activity is already taking place, is not known at the moment due to bad obvservation conditions, but it is likely that there is or will be activity in the very near future. |
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