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Tangkuban Parahu Volcano (Indonesia) awakes

Wednesday Apr 13, 2005 16:47 PM | BY: TOM PFEIFFER

Tangkuban Parahu, a volcano in west Java very near the regional capital Bandung (2 million inhabitants) might be coming back to life very soon. The Volcanological Survey of Indonesia has raised the alert level and reports strongly increased seismicity, and strong emission of sulphuric gasses since today. Access to the volcano is fobidden.


Source: Volcanological Survey of Indonesia 

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