The effusive-explosive eruption of the volcano persists.
The lava from the cinder cone continues to feed the flow on the southern flank, currently about 2000 m long. A strong thermal anomaly at the volcano’s cinder cone and southern slope is being detected by the Sentinel-2 satellite image acquired today.
Ocassional strombolian and larger vulcanian-type explosions continue to take place from the crater within the main caldera. Grey ash plumes rose to a height of 6,200 ft (1,9 km) and drifted southeast this morning.
The local volcano observatory reported seismic signals with maximum amplitudes of 38.4 mm and a duration of 88 seconds yesterday.
The warning bulletin states that ballistic impacts of volcanic bombs and pyroclastic flows and lahars could affect the area of Lamawolo, Lamatokan and Jontonaarea village of about 2 km distance from the main crater. In addition, people are advised to avoid the south and southeastern sector of the volcano within the radius of 4 km.
Source: Pusat Vulkanologi dan Mitigasi Bencana Geologi volcano activity update 3 March 2024
