Sorry, chocoholics this is not about chocolate or cake 😦 (although, as this is Volcanocafe, it could be!). No, we are looking at arc-to-continent collision round the Banda Sea 🙂 I continued my plotting of Indonesian earthquakes eastward, this time choosing the Banda Sea where the “swirly bit” on the map looks interesting; and, is…
Batu Tara is another volcano that caught my eye while looking at volcanic ash alerts from Darwin VAAC [1] for Mount Sinabung (Darwin VAAC is having a busy time). Batu Tara is frequently active, producing ash eruptions rising to hundreds or few kilometres. Batu Taru is an uninhabited island is in the Flores Sea. With…
Sangeang Api erupted at 3:55pm local time on 30 May 2014 with a large explosive eruption. Initial reports suggest that the ash cloud reached 65,000 ft above sea level [1]. The island is uninhabited but still used for farming. The local authorities ordered the evacuation of local farmers. At the time of writing, flights in the…
Gunung Slamet is the highest peak in Central Java and second highest in Java island and of course, as so many mountains in indonesia it is a strato volcano. One of the most active volcanoes of the island! Mount Slamet formed by the subduction of the Indo-Australian Plate under the Eurasian Plate in the south…
On February 14th Volcanocafe received the following email: “My name is Mercuysimo, I live in Jogjakarta (approx. 200km from Kelud) right now. I’m interested in sending you some volcanic ash sample from Kelud eruption, because in Jogjakarta we suffer heavily of ashes rain (more than Merapi eruption we’ve experienced before). If these kind of sample…
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