Mount Agung Erupts Again After Emergency Status Revoked
23 December 2017 19:22 WIB
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Bali volcano Mt. Agung erupted again today, Dec. 23, at around 11:57 a.m. The eruption occurred after the alert status was revoked on Friday.
“Mt. Agung erupted again. It was minor and only in a short time. Thin volcanic ash rain is estimated to pour around the summit,” National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) spokesperson Sutopo Purwo Nugroho said on Saturday.
Read: BNPB Explains Mount Agung Eruption
Sutopo explained that the height of the eruption reached 2,500 meters. From the eruption, dark crater smoke with medium pressure was spotted 500-2,500 meter high on the summit heading northeast. The thickness of the fog reached 0-III.
The eruption caused a minor earthquake for 120 seconds with 26 millimeters of amplitude. It also generates constant tremors to Mt. Agung with the amplitude of one to two millimeters. “The activity of Mt. Agung on level IV is only within a radius of 8-10 kilometers,” Sutopo added.
Due to the latest eruption, BNPB urged residents around Mt. Agung and hikers to not engage in any activities around the danger zone which is the inner area of Mt. Agung crater. They are also prohibited to go to the north, northeast and southeast of Mt. Agung in 10 km radius.
ZARA AMELIA