Kelud eruptions More Powerful Than the Year 1990


Kelud eruption in the border district of Kediri, Malang, and Blitar, all in East Java, on Thursday (13/02/2014), expressed greater than the eruptions that have occurred in 1990.

This information is conveyed through a press release of Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) Geological Agency, Ministry of Energy, Natural Resources, and Mineral, received on Friday (14/02/2014) morning.

"(Indicator) high burst of volcanic eruption reached 17 kilometers," said Acting Volcano Observation and Investigation PVMBG, Gede Swantika, in a press release.

In 1990, the height of burst of volcanic material from the eruption of Mount Kelud reached approximately 8 kilometers. Altitude volcanic eruptions throw material on Thursday night was a report of volcanology authorities in Darwin, Australia.

The eruption in 1990 was the last eruption Thursday night before the eruption, ejecting volcanic material. The eruption in 2007 spewed volcanic material is not up, but it has led to the decline of the lake in the crater of the mountain, changed with the advent of the lava dome.

In addition to high burst of volcanic material, eruption on Thursday night more powerful than the 1990 eruption was also measured by the area affected by the eruption. In PVMBG monitoring, Kelud ash ejected on Thursday night to the towns relatively far from the location of the mountain.

"Ash observed, among others, up to
Ponorogo, Mojokerto and Surabaya," said a press release PVMBG. Location of the cities that exemplified it away from the location of the mountain. Ponorogo, for example, had approached Central Java and Yogyakarta. As far north Surabaya Kelud location.

Observation in the field, this time it was raining ash still around Kelud. According PVMBG, the current volcano activity observed Kelud subsided. However, the statement said, could not be ascertained whether it was really just sort of stop or pause. "Certainty can only be checked tomorrow morning (Friday morning, red).





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