Explosion from Verbeek crater yesterday (image: PVMBG)
The explosive eruption at the volcano continues.
Moderate-to-strong vulcanian-sized eruptions continue to occur at the volcano generating gray ash plumes reaching elevation of 3,6 km and drifted east-northeast.
The PVMBG volcano observatory reported a seismic signal with a maximum amplitude of 4.8 mm and a duration of 70 seconds detected yesterday.
The warning bulletin states that ballistic impacts of volcanic ash, lapilli and lava bombs could affect an area of about 3 km distance from the Verbeek crater.
Source: Pusat Vulkanologi dan Mitigasi Bencana Geologi volcano activity update 13 January 2023
Powerful explosion from Marapi volcano yesterday (image: PVMBG)