TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Mount Sinabung condition this morning is very calm. “There is no eruption and roar like yesterday morning,” said Head of Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) Karo Martin Sitepu, Tuesday, February 20.
On Monday, February 19, Mount Sinabung erupts with great intensity. Hot clouds glide up to five kilometers. Several areas in Karo were covered in volcanic ash. It even reaches Lhokseumawe, Aceh.
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BPBD is still cleaning the roads which covered in volcanic ash. Residents around the foot of Mount Sinabung, who had left home due to volcanic dust, have started to return to their villages.
Although Sinabung did not erupt this morning, BPBD Karo still prohibits people from entering the red zone of a five kilometers radius to seven kilometers from Sinabung.
Observation Post staff of Mount Sinabung, Muhammad Asrori, said this morning, from the southeast, Sinabung clearly visible.
Mount Sinabung status until now still on level IV or alert. At 08:53 pm, yesterday, it re-spewed the volcanic dust that is thick enough.
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The height of the ash column reaches 5,000 meters. There was also an earthquake for approximately 607 seconds. The sectoral sliding distance leads to south-southeast with an altitude of 4,900 meters. While the southeast-east direction reaches 3,500 meters with the amplitude of 120 millimeters. There were no casualties and house damage due to the incident.
SAHAT SIMATUPANG