Residents see Mount Agung Mount Agung from Ampenan Beach

MATARAM, KOMPAS.com – Mount glowing volcano that would have reached 2 kilometers and Strombolian eruption witnessed by people on the coast of Ampenan beach, city of Mataram, Monday (2/7/2018 ) around 9:04 pm

"There are obviously bursts, it 's red light, big, it' s clear from here, because it is already red from the beach because it is sunshine the l '. Afternoon, it's the biggest of the other days, "says Salpiah, a resident of Ampenan.

Salpiah and dozens of residents who appreciate the atmosphere of the night on the coast of Ampenan admit having seen directly the eruption and eruption of Mount Agung from the coast [19659004] because Mount Agung faces the Ampenan coast

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This is also what makes some residents come deliberately to the coast to see the eruption from afar, after seeing it in social media.

Even many people who wait until late into the night are curious to witness the eruption of Mount Agung

The area of ​​Ampenan Beach is full of traders, culinary and alternative tongkrongan of Lombok in the city of Mataram

Since the Gunung Agung eruption

"Many people come, see that, the Great eruption, sometimes late at night, they wait, like all the explosions of 39 here I see but I have seen it too often. "Bedjo, a meatball merchant at Ampenan Beach, admitted that the eruption this time was bigger than usual . It was clearly seen from Ampenan Beach

"There was a high pitch that was red in color because it was so discordant," Bedjo said.

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Visitors to the beach, Bedjo continued, many remove phones to photograph the erupting volcano. "The only eyes can catch it, so all look to Mount Agung," he says.

According to Sem Wilar, the head of meteorology at Lombok International Airport admitted to have information on Mount Agung.

According to information provided by Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, head of the data center for information and public relations of the National Disaster Management Agency, since September, Gunung Agung has known several small eruptions. On Monday evening, there was a strong explosion accompanied by an incandescent rock

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Volcanological Mitigation and Geological Disaster (PVMBG) reports, the eruption of Mount Agung, Bali, at 21:04 WITA with the height of the ash column observed ± 2000 meters above the peak (± 5,142 meters at above sea level.)

Gray columns are observed gray with a strong intensity towards the west. "We have information and the impact has not reached the island of Lombok, especially in the area of ​​Lombok airport, until safe here", said Putri Muslimah

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"At the moment, Lombok airport is safe," he added.

Kompas TV Mount Agung in Karangasem, Bali, erupted again on Monday morning (2/7).