Mount Kelud, long history and eruption anomalies

Posted by Andy Sakung on 14th February, 2014

Mount Kelud administratively in Kediri Regency , Malang and Blitar regency , East Java , erupted again on Thursday ( 02/13/2014 ) at 22:50 pm. This eruption restore its long historical eruptions , which only intermittent eruptions change in 2007.

Mount Kelud is of type strato volcano . It is set in 7 degrees 56 minutes South Latitude and 112 degrees 18 minutes 30 seconds East Longitude . Mount Kelud has a height of 1731 meters above sea level .

The last eruption of Mount Kelud before this Thursday is on 3-4 November 2007 . The eruption is like a break from the eruption of Mount Kelud special features that usually are explosive , including the current eruption . In 2007 , just happened effusive eruption , the lava dome in the middle show the location of the first is the crater lake of Mount Kelud .

The long history and anomalous eruption of Mount Kelud

Notes about the eruption of Mount Kelud tracked since 1000, as contained in the book Mountain of Fire Indonesia Policy Data released by the Ministry of Energy , Natural Resources and Minerals in 2011 .

Features explosive volcanic eruptions are known at least since 1901. The eruption in 2007 , referring expression Volcanology and former head of the Geological Disaster Mitigation ( PVMBG ) Geological Agency Ministry of EMR , Surono , is an anomaly .

" Distortion " special feature on the 2007 single by Surono not because there is something hidden or can not be explained . The eruption in 2007 did not exhibit as great eruption of Mount Kelud erupts every time because it appears more cracks in the lava mountain paths , which makes the stroller eruption was seeping out. Therefore, the mountain burst was far less.

In 1990 , before the outbreak of the eruption last Thursday night, at least 200 million tons of solid cubic meters of material thrown from the crater of Mount Kelud . As the benchmark , the eruption of Mount Merapi in 2010 " only " 150 million cubic meter dash compact material .

Thousands of fatalities and tunnel Ampera

With its explosive eruptions , Mount Kelud is one of the active volcanoes of thousands of casualties recorded in a long history of eruptions , although the impact is not normal eruption of Mount Tambora pants in West Nusa Tenggara , or Mount Krakatau in the Sunda Strait that shook up the world.

Before the eruption in 2007 , Mount Kelud known as volcanic crater lake form . According Surono in an interview , horror -type impact crater eruption of Mount Kelud like this would directly proportional to the volume of water in the crater lake .

Effusive eruption in 2007 , has dampen the crater lake on Mount Kelud , leaving only stagnation but almost dry . However , previous attempts to drain the crater lake volume is also already done the government, namely the development of drainage tunnel . The first project was built in the time of colonial rule , in 1926 .

Tunnel was built after the eruption of Mount Kelud erupted in 1919 that killed not less than 5160 people. Tunnels built indoor managed the colonial government of volcanic material in an eruption in 1966 despite escaped damage from an eruption in 1951.

Although the eruption of 1919 was so many casualties , the eruption of Mount Kelud most beating on record that there was an eruption in 1586 , with more than 10,000 people become victims.

Conductor tunnel of water from the crater lake made ​​in 1926 still works until now . However, after the eruption of 1966, the Government of Indonesia to develop new location tunnel 45 meters below the old tunnel .

The conclusion of a new tunnel was built in 1967 was named the Ampera Tunnel . Functions take care of the crater lake water volume is not more than 2.5 million cubic meters .

The 1990 eruption lasted 45 days , the volcanic material ejected eruption of Mount Kelud reached 57.3 million cubic meters . However , the cool lava flows up to 24 miles beyond the 11 rivers that disgorge at Mount Kelud . Ampera Tunnel had perhaps stopped , and new revitalisasinya finished in 1994 .

Mount Kelud administratively in Kediri Regency , Malang and Blitar regency , East Java , erupted again on Thursday ( 02/13/2014 ) at 22:50 pm. This eruption restore its long historical eruptions , which only intermittent eruptions change in 2007.

Mount Kelud is of type strato volcano . It is set in 7 degrees 56 minutes South Latitude and 112 degrees 18 minutes 30 seconds East Longitude . Mount Kelud has a height of 1731 meters above sea level .

The last eruption of Mount Kelud before this Thursday is on 3-4 November 2007 . The eruption is like a break from the eruption of Mount Kelud special features that usually are explosive , including the current eruption . In 2007 , just happened effusive eruption , the lava dome in the middle show the location of the first is the crater lake of Mount Kelud .

The long history and anomalous eruption of Mount Kelud

Notes about the eruption of Mount Kelud tracked since 1000, as contained in the book Mountain of Fire Indonesia Policy Data released by the Ministry of Energy , Natural Resources and Minerals in 2011 .

Features explosive volcanic eruptions are known at least since 1901. The eruption in 2007 , referring expression Volcanology and former head of the Geological Disaster Mitigation ( PVMBG ) Geological Agency Ministry of EMR , Surono , is an anomaly .

" Distortion " special feature on the 2007 single by Surono not because there is something hidden or can not be explained . The eruption in 2007 did not exhibit as great eruption of Mount Kelud erupts every time because it appears more cracks in the lava mountain paths , which makes the stroller eruption was seeping out. Therefore, the mountain burst was far less.

In 1990 , before the outbreak of the eruption last Thursday night, at least 200 million tons of solid cubic meters of material thrown from the crater of Mount Kelud . As the benchmark , the eruption of Mount Merapi in 2010 " only " 150 million cubic meter dash compact material .

Thousands of fatalities and tunnel Ampera

With its explosive eruptions , Mount Kelud is one of the active volcanoes of thousands of casualties recorded in a long history of eruptions , although the impact is not normal eruption of Mount Tambora pants in West Nusa Tenggara , or Mount Krakatau in the Sunda Strait that shook up the world.

Before the eruption in 2007 , Mount Kelud known as volcanic crater lake form . According Surono in an interview , horror -type impact crater eruption of Mount Kelud like this would directly proportional to the volume of water in the crater lake .

Effusive eruption in 2007 , has dampen the crater lake on Mount Kelud , leaving only stagnation but almost dry . However , previous attempts to drain the crater lake volume is also already done the government, namely the development of drainage tunnel . The first project was built in the time of colonial rule , in 1926 .

Tunnel was built after the eruption of Mount Kelud erupted in 1919 that killed not less than 5160 people. Tunnels built indoor managed the colonial government of volcanic material in an eruption in 1966 despite escaped damage from an eruption in 1951.

Although the eruption of 1919 was so many casualties , the eruption of Mount Kelud most beating on record that there was an eruption in 1586 , with more than 10,000 people become victims.

Conductor tunnel of water from the crater lake made ​​in 1926 still works until now . However, after the eruption of 1966, the Government of Indonesia to develop new location tunnel 45 meters below the old tunnel .

The conclusion of a new tunnel was built in 1967 was named the Ampera Tunnel . Functions take care of the crater lake water volume is not more than 2.5 million cubic meters .

The 1990 eruption lasted 45 days , the volcanic material ejected eruption of Mount Kelud reached 57.3 million cubic meters . However , the cool lava flows up to 24 miles beyond the 11 rivers that disgorge at Mount Kelud . Ampera Tunnel had perhaps stopped , and new revitalisasinya finished in 1994 . *

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