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A new eruption commenced at the volcano a shortly after midnight today.

The eruption has been accompanied by a vigorous lava-fountaining episode, known as paroxysm, generating copious ash plumes and lava flows.

The eruptive event has (likely) lasted for the entire night until at least dawn, judging from the video on social media when the volcano was still producing ash-laden plumes.

An incandescent material, such as lapilli and lava bombs, has been thrown to an approx. height of 100 meters above the crater, causing glowing avalanches. In addition, some details from images circling on social media indicate a presence of lava flow tumbling down the eastern flank, although this detail has yet to be confirmed by the local volcano observatory.

Constant ash emissions have been releasing fine-grained volcanic ash to about 500-600 meters above the summit vent.

Therefore, the PVMBG local observatory raised the alert level for the volcano to Level III.

In order to mitigate the current risk, people are advised to avoid the area within approximately 4 km of the main crater.

Source: Pusat Vulkanologi dan Mitigasi Bencana Geologi volcano activity update 17 April 2024