Tangkuban Perahu volcano news & activity updates
Tangkubanparahu volcano (West Java, Indonesia) activity update: phreatic explosions
Wed, 6 Mar 2013, 16:17
16:17 PM | BY: TExplosions continued yesterday and today with an increasing trend. One today lasted 8 minutes and produced an ash plume several hundred meters high, which caused some panic among people near the crater.
The current activity could be the start of more vigorous eruptions if magma has begun to rise towards the surface. 1500 people, mostly vendors and tourists were evacuated from the crater.
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- Gunung Tangkuban Parahu Meletus (Tribunnews)
Previous news
Sat, 23 Feb 2013, 09:08
VSI raised the alert level yesterday from "normal" to "alert" (2 on a scale of 1-4, "Waspada). read all
Sun, 23 Sep 2012, 07:35
The unrest that had started in mid August at Tangkubanparahu ceased and PVMBG placed the volcano back from Waspada (watch, yellow) to normal alert level (green). ... read all
Tue, 4 Sep 2012, 10:05
The Tangkuban Parahu nature tourism park was closed on Monday due to a rise in volcanic activity, the Jakarta Post reported. ... read all
Sat, 25 Aug 2012, 07:37
An increase in seismic activity at Tangkubanperahu volcano near Bandung, the capital of West Java, has been detected since 13 August and promted the Indonesian Volcanological survey (PVMBG) to increase the alert level of the volcano from 1 (normal) to 2 (alert) on 23 August. ... read all
Sat, 6 Nov 2010, 10:16
Increased seismic activity might signal a new eruption from Mt. Tangkuban Perahu volcano near Bandung, West Java's capital. On Wednesday, 3 October, 100 earthquakes were recorded, according to a local volcanologist. ... read all
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