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 Anak Krakatau volcano (Sunda Strait, Indonesia): activity update: continuing strombolian activityWednesday Nov 21, 2007 18:13 PM | BY: TOBIAS SCHORR
The Strombolian activity of Anak Krakatau is still going on with explosions and incandescence. Lava flows are visible from the islands around Anak Krakatau. The Alert Level remained at 3.
Previous newsThursday, Nov 15, 2007
Anak Krakatau continues its new strombolian activity from the new vent south of the summit crater. The eruptions are producing small ash plumes, ejections of incandescent spatter bombs as well as lava flows, as news reports and data from KRAKMON indicate. Seismicity was at elevated levels.
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Thursday, Nov 08, 2007
There are still ongoing Strombolian eruptions from Anak Krakatau reported.
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Wednesday, Oct 31, 2007
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.
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Monday, 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] |
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