Thursday, May 1, 2014

Activity Status Soputan Also Rise "Standby"

Three volcanoes in North Sulawesi present status " Standby " , after the volcano status Soputan in South Minahasa raised on Thursday ( 05/01/2014 ) . Two other mountain status " Standby " in the province is Mount Karangetang on Siau island and Mount Lokon in Tomohon .

Officers Soputan Volcano Monitoring Post , Sandy Manengkey , said activity status Soputan volcano rising from " Alert " to " Standby " on May 1, 2014 at 11:00 pm . The previous status of "Alert " mountain is valid from June 14, 2013 .
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" The results of monitoring volcanic activity Soputan visually observed a white puff of smoke crater high to moderate with 50 to 100 meters above the summit , " said Sandy , Friday ( 02/05/2014 ) .

On Thursday , Sandy continued , Soputan has increased the number of earthquake avalanches , earthquakes gust , and volcanic earthquakes . The increase in activity was observed since 30 April 2014 .

Head of the North Sulawesi Provincial Disaster Penangulangan , Noldy Liow , while not asking people to move within a radius of 6.5 kilometers from the summit of Mount Soputan . " But people do not need to evacuate , " he said .

In Disaster Prone Region 3 Soputan are 568 inhabitants , while in KRB 2 599 inhabitants there . The two villages closest to the peak Soputan is Maliku Village and Tower City in South Minahasa .

Meanwhile , Mount Karangetang has a status of " standby " since 3 September 2013 and Mount Lokon since July 27, 2011 . At the moment there are six Indonesian volcano with volcano activity status of these three levels .

In addition to the three mountain in North Sulawesi , three other mountain kegunungapiannya activity status " Standby " is Mount Slamet in Central Java , Mount Rokatenda in East Nusa Tenggara , and Sinabung in North Sumatra . As for the 19 other active volcanoes in Indonesia also bersatus "Alert " , one level below the " Standby " .

source:http://www.kompas.com/

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