The Indonesian government warned the population about the possibility of a tsunami. More volcanic activity is not ruled out.
He Ruang volcanolocated in a remote area of the northern Indonesia, erupted again this Friday. In the previous days, other explosions were recorded that forced the evacuation of more than 11 thousand inhabitants from a neighboring island.
The archipelago’s volcanology agency indicated that the eruption occurred in the afternoon and that a column of smoke 400 meters high.
The authorities stated that the volcano had begun to calm down, but in any case they maintained the maximum alert level (4 out of 4), synonymous with high volcanic activity. In addition, they imposed an exclusion around the six-kilometer crater and warned about the tsunami risk due to the fall of volcanic material into the sea.
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The Southeast Asian country’s emergency services continue to carry out tasks to mobilize the inhabitants of the area after the powerful explosion recorded last Tuesday. More than 11 thousand people have already been displaced since then.
Indonesia It has about 130 active volcanoes and register frequently seismic and volcanic activity because it is located in the so-called “Pacific ring of fire”. In 2018the crater of the Indonesian volcano Anak Krakatoa collapsed and fell into the sea during an eruption and caused a tsunami that killed more than 400 people and left thousands injured.
Source: Ambito
