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Anak Krakatau erupts from Friday night into early Saturday

From CNN Indonesia · () Indonesian

Translated from Indonesian and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Anak Krakatau erupted at 12:01 a.m. local time on Saturday, following several eruptions on Friday.
  • Authorities did not observe the height of the latest eruption column and advised people to stay at least three kilometers from the active crater.
  • A Friday eruption produced an ash column about 300 meters above the summit and sent thick black ash west and northwest.

Anak Krakatau in the Sunda Strait erupted at 12:01 a.m. on Saturday, according to Magma Indonesia, a monitoring service under Indonesia’s Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources. The eruption was still continuing when the report was issued, but the height of the eruption column could not be observed.

Authorities advised residents, visitors, tourists and climbers not to approach the volcano or conduct activities within a three-kilometer radius of the active crater.

The volcano had also erupted several times on Friday. An eruption at 4:28 a.m. was recorded by a seismograph with a maximum amplitude of 70 millimeters and lasted 31 seconds. Another eruption at 5:46 a.m. produced an ash column observed at about 300 meters above the summit, or roughly 457 meters above sea level.

The ash column appeared black and thick, moving toward the west and northwest. Further volcanic activity was recorded after 10 p.m. Friday.

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Originally published by CNN Indonesia in Indonesian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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