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 Volcano news & eruption updates: Indonesia > Sumatra island
Thursday, Sep 28, 2006
Increased seismicity at Dempo resulted in an elevation of the hazard status to Alert Level 2.
...moreGeologic Summary
Dempo is a prominent 3173-m-high stratovolcano that rises above the Pasumah Plain of SE Sumatra. Remnants of 7 craters are found at or near the summit, with volcanism migrating to the WNW with time. The historically active summit crater of Gunung Dempo contains a 400-m-wide lake, located at the NW end of the crater complex. Historical eruptions have been restricted to small-to-moderate explosive activity that produced ashfall near the volcano.
Source: Center of Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (CVGHM) [ less] [ read all]
Saturday, Apr 29, 2006
As the Jakarta Post reports, the Jambi provincial administration has warned residents on the slopes of Mt. Kerinci in West Sumatra to be on the alert due to the volcano's rising activity level. Kerinci has been increasingly active since October 2004, when it last had a small ash eruption. [ read all]
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