Iliwerung volcano (Lomblen Island, Indonesia): submarine eruption likely, alert level raised


submarine eruption has likely occurred in the southern part of the Iliwerung volcano complex at about 21:52 local time yesterday as bubbles in the local water were being observed. The eruption lasted approx. 1 hour. An ash plume can be seen rising about 100 meters above sea level.
The renewed activity started again at 05:17 local time today and is still continuing at the time of this update, but has not shown increasing values.
Local observers alerted about a sea level rise in almost 1 meter and an inundation distance of about 30 meters.
The volcano observatory raised the alert level from 1 to 2. They confirmed that the event didn't occur at the Hobal submarine volcano area but approximately 1 km south of it.

Source: Pusat Vulkanologi dan Mitigasi Bencana Geologi volcano activity update 29 November 2021

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