Mount Anak Krakatau Alert, Residents Asked To Be Alert To Potential Tsunamis

kata indo. Jakarta - The status of Gunung Anak Krakatau rises to an alert level. The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) urged residents to be vigilant.

"In connection with the circular letter of the Head of the Volcanology and Geological Disaster Mitigation Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources of the Geological Agency No. 4646/45 / BGL / 2018 dated December 27, 2018 concerning Increasing the Status of the Mount Krakatau Children from Level II (alert) to Level III (standby) that there is an increase "The activity of Gunung Anak Krakatau, the alert for alerting the potential of tsunamis in the Sunda Strait Coast region within a radius of 500 m to 1 km is still valid," said BMKG Earthquake and Tsunami Center Chief Rahmat Triyono in his statement on Thursday (12/27/2018) at 09:45 a.m. .



Rahmat said his side was still monitoring further developments in the alert status. BMKG will also inform you in the next 24 hours.

"We ask people to remain calm and alert, and continue to monitor the development of our information through the BMKG Mobile Phone Application and the Indonesian Magma Application," he said.

PVMBG ESDM Ministry of Gelology Agency raises the status of Gunung Anak Krakatau from alert (level II) to standby (level III), which applies from December 27, 2018, at 06.00 WIB. PVMBG recommends that people and tourists be prohibited from carrying out activities within a 5 kilometer radius from the top of the crater because they are dangerously affected by eruptions in the form of incandescent rocks, hot clouds and thick volcanic ash.



Therefore, the danger zone radius is expanded. People are asked not to approach 5 kilometers from the top of the mountain.

"The dangerous zone is expanded from 2 kilometers to 5 kilometers. People and tourists are prohibited from carrying out activities within a 5 kilometer radius of the crater peak of Mount Anak Krakatau," said BNPB Head of Information and Public Relations Center Sutopo Purwo Nugroho in his statement.

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