Karangetang

Karangetang
Mount Karangetang from Ulu Siau Harbour
Elevation	​1,827 m (South Peak) 1,784 m (North Peak)
Listing	Ultra Ribu
Location
Location	Siau, Indonesia
Coordinates	2°46′40″N 125°24′27″E / 2.77778°N 125.4075°E / 2.77778; 125.4075
Geology
Type	Stratovolcano
Last eruption	2011

Karangetang (also known as Api Siau) is a volcano located on the north side of Siau Island in Indonesia. The island is inhabited by 22,000 people.^[1] It is one of the most active volcanoes in Indonesia having erupted forty-one times since 1675. A pyroclastic flow in 1997 killed three people.^[2]

Current activity

In August 2007 an eruptive episode forced evacuations from nearby areas.^[3]

On 9 June 2009 the Volcanological Survey of Indonesia raised the eruption alert status of Karangetang to Level Orange.^[4]

On 6 August 2010 Karangetang again erupted, spewing lava and ash hundreds of meters into the air. Four villagers are missing.^[5][6]

On 11 March 2011, a few hours after an earthquake in Japan caused a Pacific-wide tsunami, Mount Karangetang again erupted.^[7] There were no reports of serious damage or deaths, though lava and hot gas clouds were emitted onto its slopes.^[7]

See also

• List of volcanoes in Indonesia
• Volcanological Survey of Indonesia
• 2010 eruptions of Mount Merapi

Footnotes

1. ^ Niniek Karmini (2010). "4 feared dead after Indonesia volcano eruption". Associated Press. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38590966/ns/world_news-asiapacific/. Retrieved 2010-08-06. 
2. ^ "07/1997 (BGVN 22:07) Three people killed by a pyroclastic flow in June". Index of Monthly Reports (Karangetang [Api Siau]). www.volcano.si.edu. http://www.volcano.si.edu/world/volcano.cfm?vnum=0607-02=&volpage=var#bgvn_2207. Retrieved 12 March 2011. 
3. ^ Arga, Adhityani (20 August 2007)"Top alert for Indonesia volcano, villagers evacuate", Reuters, 20 August 2007.
4. ^ VSI Alert
5. ^ Volcano in eastern Indonesia erupts; several people seriously hurt
6. ^ Volcano erupts in eastern Indonesia
7. ^ ^{a b} "Indonesian volcano erupts". stuff.co.nz/AP. 12 March 2011. http://www.stuff.co.nz/world/asia/4760575/Indonesian-volcano-erupts. Retrieved 12 March 2011. 

References

• "Karangetang [Api Siau]". Global Volcanism Program, Smithsonian Institution. http://www.volcano.si.edu/world/volcano.cfm?vnum=0607-02=. 

External links

• Volcanological Survey of Indonesia