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Slamet volcano
stratovolcano 3428 m (11,247 ft)
Central Java, Indonesia, -7.24°S / 109.22°E
Current status: normal or dormant (1 out of 5)
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Slamet volcano eruptions:
1772, 1825, 1835, 1847, 1849, 1860, 1875 (2x), 1885, 1890, 1904, 1923, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1932, 1933, 1934(?), 1937, 1939 (2x), 1940, 1943(?), 1944, 1948, 1951 (2x), 1953, 1955, 1957, 1958(2x), 1960-61, 1966, 1967 (Jun-Jul), 1969 (Jun-Aug), 1973 (Aug), 1974 (May), 1988 (Jul), 1999 (May-Sep), 2000 (Jul-Oct) (?), 2009 (April-Sep), 2014
Typical eruption style:
explosive

Slamet volcano news & eruption updates:

Slamet volcano (Central Java, Indonesia) activity update

Fri, 5 Sep 2014, 08:51
08:51 AM | BY: T
Strombolian explosions are continuing from the new cone inside the summit crater. Some of them produce small ash plumes spotted on satellite imagery by VAAC Darwin who monitor the (volcanically very busy) region for volcanic ash plumes.
Previous news
Thu, 28 Aug 2014, 14:14
Slamet volcano (Central Java, Indonesia) activity update: mild strombolian activity in summit crater
Strombolian eruption at Slamet volcano (West Java, Indonesia) on 26 Aug 2014 (photo: Aris Yanto)
Mild strombolian activity continues at the volcano. read all
Thu, 14 Aug 2014, 09:34
Slamet volcano (West Java, Indonesia): strong explosions, alert level raised
VSI raised the alert level back to 3 ("Siaga") on a scale of 1-4 last Monday, as activity had been increasing recently. ... read all
Fri, 18 Jul 2014, 11:05
Slamet volcano (Central Java, Indonesia) activity update
Ash emissions were observed again today, producing plumes rising a few 100 m above the volcano's summit. The strombolian activity in the summit crater is continuing, at least intermittently. ... read all
Fri, 4 Jul 2014, 14:53
Slamet volcano (Central Java, Indonesia) activity update
Number of seismic signals related to explosions (letusan), ash/steam venting (hembusan), shallow (dangkal) and other volcanic earthquakes, as well as local and distant tectonic events over the past months and corresponding alert statuses at the volcano (VSI)
According to the latest report by VSI, both the number of explosions observed and corresponding seismic signals have increased over the past days. ... read all
Wed, 2 Jul 2014, 15:04
Slamet volcano (West Java, Indonesia): strombolian eruptions
The strombolian-type eruption inside the summit crater of the volcano which began in March still continues or has resumed. A series of small explosions was observed this morning. read all

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