인니 발리 아궁화산 분화 조짐 VIDEO: Indonesia: Bali volcano highest alert issued
Indonesia: Bali volcano highest alert issued
Mount Agung last erupted in 1963, killing more than 1,000 people
발리 아궁화산 분화 조짐
“마그마 상승 중”
경보 '최고 단계' 격상
'주민 1만1000여명 대피'
인도네시아 발리 섬에서 가장 큰 화산이 분화 조짐을 보이면서 현지 재난당국이 경보단계를 최고단계인 '위험'으로 상향했다
인도네시아 화산지질재난예방센터(PVMBG)는 현지시각으로 전날 오후 8시 30분을 기해 아궁 화산의 경보단계를 전체 4단계 중 가장 높은 단계인 '위험'으로 높였다고 23일 밝혔다 (서울=연합뉴스) 반종빈 기자
* 발리 아궁화산 Agung Vocano Mount.
1963년 3∼5월의 대분화로 약 2,000명이 죽음을 당하는 참사가 있었다.
1964년에도 폭발하였다. 현재 아궁산에는 3곳에 화산관측소가 있다.
Agung Vocano eruption in 1963.
source Volcano World - Oregon State University
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Ki Chul Hwang, conpaper editor, curator
Indonesia has issued its highest level alert for a volcano on Bali, warning that an eruption on the popular tourist island could be imminent.
인니 발리 아궁화산 분화 모습 출처 중앙일보
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About 10,000 people have already been evacuated, with officials urging people to stay at least nine kilometres (5.6 miles) away from Mount Agung.
Tremors have been reported, and there are indications that magma is rising to the surface, the officials say.
More than 1,000 people died when Mount Agung last erupted in 1963.
Evacuated local residents in a temporary shelter Klungkung, Bali. Photo: 22 September 2017Image copyrightREUTERS
Evacuated local residents are staying in temporary shelters
"There should be zero public activity within the specified radius in case there is an eruption," Sutopo Purwo Nugroho of Indonesia's National Disaster Management Agency was quoted as saying by Reuters.
One villager, I Wayan Suwarjana, told the AFP news agency: "Tremors happen very often, so we are afraid and I have taken all my family members to the refugee shelter."
Early on Saturday, officials said that increased seismic activity was ongoing, hours after the alert level was raised.
The latest report from Indonesia's volcano observatory for aviation said the likelihood of an eruption appears to be increasing. But it added that eruptions cannot be predicted with perfect accuracy.
Bali's international airport in Denpasar, which is used by millions of foreign tourists each year, is currently operating as normal, the officials say.
Australia's department of foreign affairs has issued an advisory for the region, warning travellers that a possible eruption could severely disrupt air travel.
Predictions about the potential eruption are based on the one in 1963, which saw the volcano expel large amounts of debris and extensive lava flows.
It also involved a pyroclastic flow - a dangerous fast-moving hot cloud of gas, ash and volcanic matter.
Mount Agung, which is more than 3,000m above sea level, lies in the eastern part of Bali.
It is among about 130 active volcanoes in Indonesia - an archipelago prone to volcanic eruptions and earthquakes as it sits on the Pacific "Ring of Fire".
