Overall Green alert Volcanic eruption for Dukono
in Indonesia

Event summary

GREEN alert: The Dukono Volcanic eruption is unlikely to require external humanitarian assistance based on the exposed population and coping capacity.

GDACS ID VO 1000082
Name: Dukono (268010)
Lat/Lon: 1.69 , 127.89
Event Date: 22 Nov 2023 UTC
Exposed Population 30km: About 160000 people within 30km
Exposed Population 100km: About 630000 people within 100km
Max Volc. Explosivity Index VEI: 3
Population Exposure Index PEI: 3
Inserted at: 23 Nov 2023 06:11 UTC

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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

The Smithsonian/USGS Weekly Volcanic Activity Report provides information about global volcanism on a weekly basis. Latest Dukono report has been published on 22 Nov 2023 08:54.
PVMBG reported that the eruption at Dukono was ongoing during 15-21 November. Seismicity was high during most of the week but began to decline on 19 November, though eruptive activity remained elevated. Daily dense white-and-gray or gray-to-black ash plumes rose as high as 1.2 km above the summit during 15-16 November, up to 2.6 km on 17 November, 3 km on 18 November, 2.6 km on 19 November, and 2.3 km on 20 November. The plumes mainly drifted E and NE each day, though on 17 November they also drifted SE. Thumping noises were reported on 17 November. The Alert Level remained at Level 2 (on a scale of 1-4), and the public was warned to remain outside of the 2-km exclusion zone. Source: Pusat Vulkanologi dan Mitigasi Bencana Geologi (PVMBG, also known as CVGHM)
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Latest media headlines

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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (32), (2), INGV (2), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), JSR (1),