Mount Krakatoa is one of the deadliest and most destructive in history. (Representative)
Jakarta, Indonesia:
Indonesia’s Anak Krakatoa volcano erupted on Friday, sending a column of ash more than three kilometers into the sky, officials said.
The volcanic island emerged from the sea at the beginning of the last century from a crater formed after the 1883 eruption of Mount Krakatoa – one of the deadliest and most destructive in history.
Anak Krakatoa, meaning “child of Krakatoa”, spews thick ash over the strait that separates the islands of Java and Sumatra.
There were no immediate reports of damage or casualties after the explosion at 08:46 am (0146 GMT).
“The height of the eruption column was observed to be 3,000 meters (about 10,000 feet) above the summit,” Denny Mardiono, an official at the Krakatoa monitoring station, said in a press release.
“The ash column was observed to be brown to black in color with a thick intensity to the southwest.”
He warned the public against activities within a five-kilometre (three-mile) radius of the volcano’s crater.
Anak Krakatoa’s status was at the second-highest alert level after authorities raised it following a sharp increase in volcanic activity in 2022.
Its crater partially collapsed in 2018 when a massive eruption sent large chunks sliding into the sea, triggering a tsunami that killed more than 400 people and injured thousands.
Indonesia, a Southeast Asian archipelago nation, sits on the Pacific Ring of Fire, where the meeting of continental plates causes high volcanic and seismic activity.
There are about 130 active volcanoes in the country.
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