Overall Green alert Volcanic eruption for Marapi
in Indonesia

Event summary

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

GDACS ID VO 1000091
Name: Marapi (261140)
Lat/Lon: -0.38 , 100.47
Event Date: 30 May 2024 UTC
Exposed Population 30km: About 1190000 people within 30km
Exposed Population 100km: About 4450000 people within 100km
Max Volc. Explosivity Index VEI: 2
Population Exposure Index PEI: 6
Inserted at: 31 May 2024 05:46 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 Marapi report has been published on 22 May 2024 09:53.
PVMBG reported that eruptive activity at Marapi (on Sumatra) was ongoing during 15-21 May. White gas-and-steam plumes rose 200-300 m above the summit and drifted in multiple directions on most days; no emissions were visible on 16 and 20 May. White-and-gray ash plumes rose 400-550 above the summit and drifted NW on 18 May. The 11 May lahars that caused several fatalities, evacuations, and widespread damage in the Agam Regency continued to impact the area. As of 1700 on 16 May BNBP reported that the death toll had reached 67 people, while 20 remained missing and 40-44 had been injured; overall 989 families were impacted by the lahars. The Alert Level remained at 3 (on a scale of 1-4), and the public was warned to stay 4.5 km away from the active crater. Sources: Badan Nacional Penanggulangan Bencana (BNPB) ,Pusat Vulkanologi dan Mitigasi Bencana Geologi (PVMBG, also known as CVGHM)
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Latest media headlines

Marapi volcano (Western Sumatra): major explosion formed towering pill.. 5/31/2024 4:41:00 AM.

The eruptive activity of the volcano continues. At about 13:04 local time yesterday, an increasingly spectacular dense ash plume was seen rising from the crater. Ash emissions reached up to estimated 16,000 ft (4,900 m) height that drifted
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PVMBG Warns Public of Potential Mount Marapi Flash Flood 5/26/2024 9:04:00 AM.

TEMPO.CO Padang The Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation Center (PVMBG) called on the public to watch out for potential flash flood around the river flows originating from Mount Marapi, West Sumatra. "During the rainy season when th
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PVMBG warns public of potential Mt. Marapi flash flood 5/25/2024 12:46:00 PM.

A police officer and residents attempt to evacuate a car stuck due to volcanic material flood in Agam, West Sumatra. ANTARA/Muhammad Zulfikar. Padang, W Sumatra (ANTARA) - The Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMB
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Archipelago Jokowi orders faster rebuilding of damaged infrastructure .. 5/21/2024 11:47:00 AM.

On Tuesday morning, Jokowi visited Agam regency, one of areas hit hardest by the series of disasters, which began on May 11. “Most roads and temporary bridges have been rebuilt, although there are one or two that are still under constructio
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

USGS estimates the number of casualties for each earthquake for the Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) product.
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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),