Volcano news: Soputan
Soputan volcano (N-Sulawesi, Indonesia): eruption continues
Wed, 21 Jan 2015, 10:27
10:27 AM | BY: T
Soputan's activity yesterday (?) (Photo: Ist / Manado Express)
The volcano remains at level 3 (out of 4, "Siaga") and the Aviation Color Code at Red.
So far, the impact of the eruption has been limited to light ash fall in some nearby villages, mainly Silian and Lobu. No evacuations have been ordered.
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Links / Sources:
Links / Sources:
- Soputan Masih Mengancam, Mitra Siaga (Manado Express)
Previous news
Mon, 19 Jan 2015, 14:59
A viscous lava flow lobe is active on the western flank of the summit cone. Spectacular incandescent rockfalls accompany this effusive activity. ... read all
Sun, 18 Jan 2015, 12:42
An eruption occurred today, producing an ash plume rising to 5-6 km altitude. Darwin VAAC raised the alert level to red. read all
Tue, 6 Jan 2015, 19:36
The volcano erupted this morning at 02:45 local time with a strong explosion from the summit lava dome. It sent an 6 km tall ash column to approx. 26,000 ft (8,5 km) altitude. ... read all
Thu, 14 Aug 2014, 16:31
Alert level was decreased to "Waspada" or 2 out of 4 recently as visual and seismic activity have decreased at the volcano recently. ... read all
Thu, 1 May 2014, 07:29
As the 5th volcano in Indonesia currently on orange alert, the alert level of Soputan was raised to "siaga" (or 3 on a scale of 1-4) by VSI this morning. The decision came as a result of a marked increase in seismic activity over the past day. ... read all
Background:
The small Soputan stratovolcano on the southern rim of the Quaternary Tondano caldera on the northern arm of Sulawesi Island is one of Sulawesi's most active volcanoes. The youthful, largely unvegetated volcano rises to 1784 m and is located SW of Sempu volcano. It was constructed at the southern end of a SSW-NNE trending line of vents. During historical time the locus of eruptions has included both the summit crater and Aeseput, a prominent NE-flank vent that formed in 1906 and was the source of intermittent major lava flows until 1924.
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Source: GVP, Smithsonian Institution
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