Indonesia triggers an alert on Anak Krakatau volcano | World

Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, spokesperson for the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB), said that the alert went from level 2 to level 3 on a scale of 4 and that the radius of Exclusion around the volcano was increased from 2 to 5 kilometers.

"It is forbidden for people to carry on any activity within a radius of 5 kilometers from the crater of Mount Anak Krakatau," said the spokesman in a statement.

The volcano, which entered the current eruption phase last July, continues to record "jerky" Strombolian type eruptions, with lava flow and emission of incandescent rocks, and columns Smoke covering several ashes from Sunda Sound, added the spokesman.

According to Sutopo, the volcano recorded a small magnitude eruption on December 22, but satellite images show that it caused the slide of its southwest slope, which fell into the sea and caused the tsunami that reaches the west coast of Java Island and the island of South Sumatra.