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 1000103
Name: Dukono (268010)
Lat/Lon: 1.7 , 127.88
Event Date: 08 Dec 2024 UTC
Exposed Population 30km: About 180000 people within 30km
Exposed Population 100km: About 520000 people within 100km
Max Volc. Explosivity Index VEI: 3
Population Exposure Index PEI: 3
Inserted at: 09 Dec 2024 09:32 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 27 Nov 2024 07:16.
The Pusat Vulkanologi dan Mitigasi Bencana Geologi (PVMBG) reported that the eruption at Dukono was ongoing during 20-26 November. Daily gray-and-white ash plumes that were sometimes dense generally rose as high as 3 km above the summit and drifted NW and W. According to a news report an ash plume that rose 1 km above the summit and drifted NW at 0606 on 25 November contained lightning and produced audible rumbling. PVMBG noted that ash plumes rose as high as 4.6 km above the summit and drifted NW on 26 November. The Alert Level remained at Level 2 (on a scale of 1-4), and the public was warned to remain outside of the 3-km exclusion zone. Sources: Antara News,Pusat Vulkanologi dan Mitigasi Bencana Geologi (PVMBG, also known as CVGHM)
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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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),