Overall Red Volcanic eruption alert for Soputan in Sulawesi-Indonesia on 19 Sep 2012 12:03 UTC

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Overall Red alert Volcanic eruption for Soputan

in Sulawesi-Indonesia

Event summary

Volcanic eruption Soputan is expected to have a high humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

Name:	Soputan
Lat/Lon:	1.108333 , 124.733333
Event Date:	19 Sep 2012 12:03 UTC
Exposed Population 30km:
Exposed Population 100km:	No people affected
Max Volc. Explosivity Index VEI:
Population exposure index:
Inserted at:	01 Jan 1900 00:00 UTC

GDACS Score

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Historical Timeline

Volcano Timeline

ID	Date	Source
1	14 Aug 2011 06:30	DARWIN
2	14 Aug 2011 12:30	DARWIN
3	14 Aug 2011 18:30	DARWIN
4	15 Aug 2011 00:30	DARWIN
5	18 Sep 2012 15:04	DARWIN
6	18 Sep 2012 21:03	DARWIN
7	26 Aug 2012 19:04	DARWIN
8	27 Aug 2012 01:04	DARWIN
9	27 Aug 2012 07:01	DARWIN
10	27 Aug 2012 13:01	DARWIN
11	27 Aug 2012 19:01	DARWIN
12	28 Aug 2012 01:01	DARWIN
13	28 Aug 2012 07:01	DARWIN
14	28 Aug 2012 13:01	DARWIN
15	28 Aug 2012 19:01	DARWIN
16	19 Sep 2012 00:01	DARWIN
17	19 Sep 2012 06:01	DARWIN
18	19 Sep 2012 12:03	DARWIN

Exposed population

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Affected Provinces

Critical infrastructure

Airports, ports, nuclear plants and hydrodams at risk, if affected, are listed below.

Tsunami impact

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Tsunami affected locations

Initial conditions

More information

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