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Indonesia Volcano Update; Alert Level Raised at 2 Volcanoes, Lokon & Rokatenda



Indonesia Volcano Update; Alert Level Raised at 2 Volcanoes, Lokon & Rokatenda

The alert level of two volcanoes in Indonesia was just raised, specifically Lokon and Rokatenda. Now, Lokon is at an alert level of orange and Rokatenda is at an alert level of yellow. So, why was this change made, and what implications might it have? This video answers these two questions and discusses the ongoing situation at each of these two volcanoes.

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Sources/Citations:
[1] PVMBG (Indonesia) (Pusat Vulkanologi dan Mitigasi Bencana Geologi) (Indonesia)
[2] Blackett, Matthew. (2014). Early Analysis of Landsat-8 Thermal Infrared Sensor Imagery of Volcanic Activity. Remote sensing. 6. 2282-2295. 10.3390/rs6032282., CC BY 3.0.

0:00 Raised Alert Level
0:31 Rokatenda / Paluweh
2:12 Gas Emissions?
3:06 Lokon Changes
4:08 Opinion Based Scale

35 Comments

  3. @josephmclennan1229

    The UN just came up with a plan to cap all the volcanos to prevent the release of CO2 , for Agenda 2030 . They are going to tax the whole world a Carbon tax to pay for it .

  8. @catherinehowell2163

    I swear! I have not had anything to do with the situation in Indonesia! Just because I just left there last week after doing a tour of volcanoes of Java and Flores…!

  10. @DragonsAndDragons777

    It will be most interesting to see how this progresses

    By the way, what are the chances of several of the volcanoes deciding to go bang at roughly the same time?

  11. @duncanpennock4257

    And volcanologists continue to protect local populations, I sometimes wonder how many tens of thousands they have saved every year. Now, an uninformed question for you. I have always pictured plate tectonics leading to earthquakes when plates collide and magma release when they separate, the latter as per Iceland. also Indonesia? In addition when a quake releases in a small area, does this immediately lead to a further build up somewhere adjacent, sort of pre-quakes but on a longer time scale and more remotely. Does local modelling ever have a factor for say Stromboli and Etna indicating increased risk for Campi Flegri. Maybe what I am asking is what book I should treat myself to for Xmas, Volcanoes for Dummies with big pictures would be ideal. In the meantime I will continue to enjoy you having done all the hard work and producing excellent presentations. Thank you

  12. @Jeremyb019

    Indonesia is Building up for some volcanic eruptions along with Italy and Iceland. BUT EARTHQUAKES AND VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS INCREASE FROM HERE ON OUT DUE TO MAGNETIC POLE SHIFT. We will see MASSIVE VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS AND MASSIVE EARTHQUAKES THOSE WHO DONT KNOW NEED TO KNOW BECAUSE WE ARE IN THE MIDST OF THE MAGNETIC POLE SHIFT which is also known as the END TIMES BIBLICAL TIMES

  13. @Flugmorph

    Would really love to see a video about the Belcher Islands and the Nastapoka Arc from you in the future.

  18. @uhcsheep223

    Thank you for your daily updates and informative content about a large variety of volcanoes/ geology subjects. It may sound weird but i love to know about a volcano called Paricutin please. Reason for it i found it interesting that this particular volcanic event inspired the film "volcano". Ever since learning about that earlier today, I've found it interesting that it was at the time one of very few moments that man witnessed the birth of a new volcano that opened up as a fissure under farmland. Keep up the great work and content 😊

  19. @valentinussofa4135

    Central Flores has two active volcanoes whose status is starting to increase; Rokatenda on Palu'e Island, Sikka District and Iya in Ende District. Apart from the threat of volcanic material being ejected, coastal communities are also afraid of the impact of tsunamis.

  20. @valentinussofa4135

    I have a joke that I once told a friend that threatening Indonesia with nuclear weapons is a futile action, because Indonesia has many volcanoes whose eruptions can affect the global climate and that also has an impact on the existence of humanity.

  22. @caerdwyn7467

    This actually brings up another question: Which known potentially-hazardous volcanoes do you believe are the most under-instrumented, i.e. the most likely to produce an unpleasant surprise because we weren't looking hard enough?

  23. @shineyrocks390

    You'll have to forgive me for saying this but the geologist in me says building more gold and precious metals veins but the volcanologist in me says we're going to have to let that cool down before we start digging there 😊

  24. @slartybarfastb3648

    Goodbye to "Global Warming".
    Why does volcanic activity, or lack thereof, never enter the discussion? It's a well known fact that hightened volcanic activity has led to most of the coldest periods in recorded history. Thus, lack of activity would stand to reason should produce the opposite. Uet, I can not remember a single study which compares activity with heating and cooling cycles since the industrial burning of fossil fuels began. Why?

  25. @DrakoCrowley

    I think it's perfectly reasonable to have this many videos about Indonesia. They have the most volcanoes by a good margin.

  26. @davidcranstone9044

    A quick comment on the 'smell of sulphur'. GH thinks this is due to hydrogen sulphide (H2S) and he may well be right. But H2S smells of rotten eggs (or rather, rotten eggs give off H2S) and in nature it is mainly produced in swamps by organic matter rotting under oxygen-free conditions – there is no elemental sulphur involved and without some degree of modern scientific knowledge there was and is no obvious reason for anyone to associate that smell with sulphur. By contrast SO2 is produced by burning elemental sulphur (and I think by the gradual oxidation of sulphur at room temperature to the extent that sulphur smells slightly of it) and the SO2 then reacts with atmospheric oxygen and moisture to form an aerosol of sulphuric acid with the choking acrid smell of any aerosol of strong acid. So historically and literally, the 'smell of sulphur' is SO2 not H2S. And since Indonesia was and still is a producer of sulphur by very hazardous extraction from within some volcanic craters, I am pretty sure that many Indonesian villagers would be familiar with SO2 as the smell of sulphur.
    And incidentally that is indirectly why the Devil is associated with sulphur (or brimstone to use its old name). Lightning, which in the Middle Ages was considered to be a manifestation of the Devil, certainly doesn't produce SO2 since there is no sulphur in the atmosphere. But in the intense conditions of the lightning flash it does produce NO2 from oxygen and nitrogen, and that reacts with atmospheric moisture to produce an aerosol of nitric acid with the same acrid choking smell as sulphuric acid.

  27. @ninjasiren

    Indonesia, Philippines, and Japan. Volcanoes everywhere in the country 😅

    But Indonesia is something else, alot more volcanoes

  30. @muhammadhanif4113

    Most countries with natural disasters 1. Philipine 2. Indonesia 3. India.
    I wonder why the three countries still most populous countries in the world.