Activities of Indonesia's Mount Lokon increase
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Activities of Mount Lokon in Indonesia's North Sulawesi Province have been increasing after erupting on Tuesday, an official said in Jakarta on Thursday.
"Based on a report by Head of Center of Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation of Geological Agency Surono, the volcano could re-erupt if such activities increase," Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, head of Data Center, Information and Public Relations at the National Agency of Disaster Management (BNPB) said in a statement.
Previously, he said it was reported that Mount Lokon has returned to normal phase after erupting on April 25 at 11:20 local time (0320 GMT) and its energy kept declining. But since afternoon, its activities have been rising," said Nugroho.
He added that volcanic tremors have been recorded, followed by shallow and deep volcanic earthquakes.
"There are about 1-3 earthquakes every five minutes since 12:00- 17:00 local time (0500-1000 GMT). If these keeps occurring, this could be followed by eruption," said Nugroho.
The current danger status remains at level III and people were urged to stay away 2.5 kilometers from the crater.
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