TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The status of Bali volcano Mount Agung following the eruption today at 11:00 Central Indonesia Time (WITA) is stable at level three alert (siaga). The national disaster mitigation agency (BNPB) also announced that there were no smaller eruptions after it.
“The volcanic ash rain affected the vicinity of Mount Agung; it did not travel far,” said BNPB Spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho today, June 13. Bali’s Ngurah Rai is considered to be safe and airplane activities are running normally.
The BNPB recorded that today's earlier eruption have happened more than 12 seconds with 25-millimeter amplitude. The ash cloud reached the height of 2,000 meters above Mount Agung’s peak.
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Previously, Mount Agung had erupted on Sunday, June 10, at 22:41 local time and spewed a 30 kilometer-high ash cloud that headed to the west. The agency also determined that the mountain’s status is at Level III Alert.
The Volcanology and Geological Disaster Mitigation Center (PVMBG) had released a Volcano Observatory Notice for Aviation (VONA). The Volcanology and Geological Disaster Mitigation Center (PVMBG) also released a Volcano Observatory Notice for Aviation (VONA).
ALFAN HILMI
