Papandayan

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Papandayan volcano (West Java, Indonesia): increased seismic activity triggers eruption alarm

Monday, May 06, 2013

Increased seismic activity was detected at the volcano and VSI raised the alert level to 3 out of 4 ("Siaga", "warning") yesterday. ... [more]

Papandayan volcano (West Java, Indonesia) activity update: alert status back to 2

Wednesday, Feb 01, 2012

CVGHM lowered the Alert Level for Papandayan from 3 to 2 (on a scale of 1-4) on 31 January. [more]

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Fumaroles at Papandayan volcano		Unrooted tree (2002 eruption of Papandayan volcano)		Colored, stinking, small rivers		Colorful water pools		A small pond filled with boiling mud (Papandayan volcano)


The crater of Papandayan volcano		Steam vents on the crater floor of Papandayan volcano		Sulphur deposits around fumaroles, Papandayan volcano		Tree trunks, rest of a forest devastated by pyroclastic surges during the 2002 eruption of Papandayan		Boiling mud crater at Papandayan volcano

Papandayan volcano

stratovolcano 2665 m (8,743 ft.)
West Java, Indonesia, -7.32°S / 107.73°E
Current status: minor activity or eruption warning (3 out of 5)
Papandayan webcams / live data

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Last update: 6 May 2013 (strong hydrothermal activity, increased seismicity)
Typical eruption style:

Explosive. At present strong fumarolic activity.

Papandayan volcano eruptions: 1772 (moderate eruption followed by a devastating debris avalanche), 1923, 1942, 2002
Papandayan Volcano Photos

Last earthquakes nearby:

Time	Mag. / Depth	Distance	Location
Mon, 15 Apr
Mon, 15 Apr 08:19 UTC	M 4.3 / 138 km	7 km	4.3 JAVA, INDONESIA

Papandayan is a complex stratovolcano with four large summit craters, the youngest of which was breached to the NE by collapse during a brief eruption in 1772 and contains active fumarole fields.

Background:

The broad 1.1-km-wide, flat-floored Alun-Alun crater truncates the summit of Papandayan, and Gunung Puntang to the north gives the volcano a twin-peaked appearance. Several episodes of collapse have given the volcano an irregular profile and produced debris avalanches that have impacted lowland areas beyond the volcano. A sulfur-encrusted fumarole field occupies historically active Kawah Mas ("Golden Crater").
After its first historical eruption in 1772, in which collapse of the NE flank produced a catastrophic debris avalanche that destroyed 40 villages and killed nearly 3000 persons, only small phreatic eruptions had occurred prior to an explosive eruption that began in November 2002.
(Source: GVP)

Papandayan Photos:

Dry mud pool (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)	A drying-out pond containing ill-looking red water inside the crater of Papandayan volcano. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)	Papandayan's crater lake (West Java) (Photo: Britta)
Landscape of the Papandayan volcano in March 2012 (Photo: ClausPossberg)	Powerful fumarole at Papandayan volcano (West Java) (Photo: Dietmar)	Red waters of a small creek from Papandayan's crater (Photo: Dietmar)