Anak Krakatau erupts as authorities enforce exclusion zone
Anak Krakatau erupted late Friday, sending plumes of ash into the sky over the Sunda Strait and producing seismic signals recorded through early Saturday. Indonesia's disaster agency and volcanology centre reported a maximum eruption earthquake amplitude of 70 mm and said a field surveillance camera was struck and disabled by ejected material. Officials kept a Level III (Siaga) alert and maintained a 3-kilometer exclusion zone, while PVMBG assessed the current volcanic edifice as too small to collapse at a scale that would trigger a tsunami. No tsunami warning has been issued.
A 3-kilometer exclusion zone remains in place around Anak Krakatau.
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Anak Krakatau formed inside the old Krakatau caldera after activity resumed in the 1920s. A partial collapse in 2018 produced a deadly tsunami, so authorities now monitor the volcano closely. If eruptions continue, officials may change the…
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