Overall Red Volcanic eruption for Krakatau
in Indonesia

Event summary

RED alert: The Krakatau Volcanic eruption may have a high humanitarian impact, based on the magnitude of the eruption, the exposed population and its coping capacity..

GDACS ID VO 514
Name: Krakatau (262000)
Lat/Lon: -6.1 , 105.42
Event Date: 22 Dec 2018 UTC
Exposed Population 30km: 7290000 people within 100km
Exposed Population 100km: No people affected
Max Volc. Explosivity Index VEI:
Population Exposure Index PEI:
Inserted at: 23 Dec 2018 09:17 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score: 4.8 (Indonesia)

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Detailed event map. European Union, 2026. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

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Dec 2018 Tsunami in Indonesia - JRC Emergency Report

24/Dec/2018 14:13 UTC

On 22 Dec 2018 13:56 UTC a Tsunami was generated from the area of the Anak Krakatau Volcano, with waves propagating in all directions inside the Sunda Strait, the sea portion between the Java and Sumatra islands. The cause of this event seems to have a correlation with the ongoing Volcanic eruption, particularly active since June 2018, even if no stronger eruption occurred at the time of the Tsunami event. The Tsunami caused fatalities and extensive damage along the coastal areas of Sunda Strait. As of 24 Dec morning, there were at least 281 deaths, mostly in Pandeglang (Banten province, Java), 57 people missing, 1016 injured, more than 700 structures damaged and 350 boats damaged. Search and rescue operations are still ongoing and these figures are expected to rise. The European Response and Coordination Centre (ERCC) has activated the EU Copernicus Emergency Mapping Service on 23 December and stays in close contact with the ECHO representatives in the region. JRC provided a scientific-based assessment of the event.

Daily Maps:

07/Jan/2019 07:20 UTC

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: UNOSAT (1), EMSR (2), EC-JRC (35), INGV (2), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), (1), JSR (1),