Tangkuban Perahu volcano news & activity updates
Tangkubanparahu volcano (West Java, Indonesia) activity update: phreatic explosions
Wednesday Mar 06, 2013 16:17 PM | BY: T
Eruptive activity has started in the form of intermittent ash explosions from the crater since 4 March. So far, the explosions were small and phreatic in origin (no fresh magma involved, caused by overheated groundwater), according to Surono, head of the Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) in Bandung.
Explosions 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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Saturday, Feb 23, 2013
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Sunday, Sep 23, 2012
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Tuesday, Sep 04, 2012
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Saturday, Aug 25, 2012
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Saturday, Nov 06, 2010
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