The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Thu, 09/02/2010 9:59 PM
The Center for Volcanology and Disaster Mitigation has put Mt. Seulawah Agam in Aceh on the lowest alert level following a series of earthquakes recorded in the last few days.
As a consequence of the new status, the center declares the area in a radius of 3 kilometers from the crater off limit.
“There is an increase in the frequency of the mount’s volcanic activities, particularly earthquakes, that we lifted the normal status and put the volcano on alert,” head of the center Hendrasto was quoted by Antara on Thursday.
Throughout August the center recorded 80 volcanic quakes or almost three times per day and 40 tectonic quakes.
Mt. Seulawah Agam, one of three most active volcanos in Aceh, last erupted on Jan. 12-13, 1839.
The center has maintained the top alert level on Mt. Sinabung in the neighboring province of North Sumatra following an eruption on Sunday, and the second highest alert level on Mt. Ibu in West Halmahera in North Maluku.
A number of volcanoes across the country have been put on the third alert level. They include Mt. Egon, Mt. Talang, Mt. Karangetang, Mt. Batur, Mt. Kaba, Mt. Anak Krakatau, Mt. Semeru, Mt. Slamet, Mt. Sangeang Api, Mt. Rinjani, Mt. Soputan and Mt. Bromo.
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