Wednesday, October 3, 2018
A Volcano Just Erupted On Indonesia's Tsunami-Hit Island. Here's What You Need To Know
Robin AndrewsContributori Science
Mount Soputan fires ash into the air during an eruption in 2016, seen from Silian village, Southeast Minahasa district in Northern Sulawesi. (ADI DWI SATRYA/AFP/Getty Images)
UPDATE: October 3rd, 2018, 10:30am Jakarta Time
Soputan volcano, on Indonesia’s Sulawesi island – the very same that’s just been afflicted by a powerful earthquake and devastating tsunami – has just erupted. Details remain sparse, and there’s no official comment from Center for Volcanology and Geological Disaster Mitigation (PVMBG) just yet, but from reports on social media, it appears to have created a moderate ash column in an explosive blast sometime in the morning of October 3rd.
The Multiplatform Application for Geohazard Mitigation and Assessment (MAGMA) program, part of the PVMBG, initially tweeted that the ash column had reached a height of around 4,000 meters (13,000 feet) shortly after the eruption began. This was soon changed to at least 6,000 meters (19,600 feet).
Indonesia’s volcanologists just a few hours ago had been warning that the stratovolcano had been showing signs of restlessness. I explained at the time that despite these signs, predicting exactly when it would erupt and how was not possible. Saying that, the changes that were afoot at the volcano did appear to mean that, as the PVMBG put it, “the potential for an eruption at Soputan has increased.”
In this case, it seems that the scientists were bang on the money: just hours after an exclusion zone around the volcano was put in place, it appears to have blown its top. Again, it’s not clear how this eruption will unfold in terms of its behaviour, how long it will last, and how dangerous it will be. Potentially dangerous to those living around the volcano, the eruption will affect populations that aren't the same as those directly impacted by the tsunami and earthquake; they are both considerable distances apart on this rather sizeable island.
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Karlis Salna
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A volcano has just erupted on Indonesia's Sulawesi, just days after an earthquake and tsunami devastated areas on the western side of the island.
Mount Soputan, in North Sulawesi erupted about an hour ago.
10:05 AM - Oct 3, 2018
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