Krakatau volcano goes on higher alert because of eruptions

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The Mount Krakatau volcano is also known under the international name of Mount Krakatoa.

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Anak Krakatau

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20 April 2009 - The Anak Krakatau volcano in the Sunda Strait is once again exhausting hot rocks. The current condition of the volcano forced the Volcanologic and Geological Mitigation Center to raise the alert status of the volcano from 'aware' to 'careful' earlier today. According to seismographic readings there were 126 small eruptions, 149 exhausts of hot steam and over a hundred tremors over the course of a week.
· 20-04-2009: Krakatau volcano goes on higher alert because of eruptions

22 April 2008 - Indonesian authorities on Tuesday raised the alert status for the offspring of the Krakatoa volcano in the Strait of Sunda, and Mount Ibu in eastern province of North Maluku, after both showed increased activity.
· 22-04-2008: Krakatau and Ibu volcanoes on high alert

10 November 2007 - Dark clouds hang over the Mount Anak Krakatau volcano in the Sunda Strait yesterday after a densely clouded shy blocked the sight of the ongoing eruption of molten rock, toxic as and lava. Meanwhile, volcanic tremors continued. The weather in the area however was so bad that the hot clouds originating from the volcano were dampened quickly upon their release.
· 12-11-2007: Mount Anak Krakatau roars and dazzles with fireworks
· 10-11-2007: Mount Anak Krakatau continues to be active

9 November 2007 - The Mount Anak Krakatau has been blasting out smoke and red-hot rocks hundreds of meters into the air for the past ten days, but the eruptions slowly grow larger. Local televison footage now shows thick plumes of smoke billowing from the volcano's crater when ash and rocks roll down its slopes
· 09-11-2007: Anak Krakatau erupts with lava from new crater

6 November 2007 19:35 (GMT+7) - The volcanic activity of the Krakatau volcano in the Sunda Strait is still rising. The new crater on the volcan is getting bigger as well. At the observation post of the volcano, in the village of Pasauran in the district of Serang, they recorded 143 eruptions, 28 volcanic tremors and 31 other tremors. The new crater has now reached a diameter of 75 meters by 100 meters.
· 06-11-2007: New crater of Mount Krakatau gets bigger

5 November 2007 - Volcanic activity at the Mount Anak Krakatau is still rising. Until 06:00 (GMT+7) there were 52 eruptions in which hot stones and debris was ejected from the volcano. Until this moment, the status of the volcano just off the western tip of Java, in the Sunda Strait is still 'on watch'. Between 00:00 and 06:00 (GMT+7) there were 24 volcanic tremors recorded by the observation post. There was an ejection of hot volcanic stones and debris 52 times and seven times a small earthquake.
· 05-11-2007: Mount Krakatau ejects hot stones and debris

3 November 2007 - The activity of a number of volcanoes is still rising. One of them is the Mount Krakatau volcao in the Sunda Strait. The frequency of volcanic tremors and small volcanic earthquakes was still on the rise.
· 03-11-2007: Mount Krakatau creates new crater

27 October 2007 - Mount Krakatau's volcanic activity has increased over the past three days, prompting Indonesian authorities to raise its status. The volcano produced some 20 tremors and released white smoke up to 200 meters in the sky every hour since October 23, according to a monitoring officer near the volcano.
· 02-11-2007: Mount Krakatau spews lava
· 27-10-2007: Mount Krakatau increases volcanic activity
· 26-10-2007: Three volcanoes simmering in Indonesia

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