At approximately 2340 EST on April 16th, 2024, 838 residents had to be evacuated from the Sitaro Islands Regency, North Sulawesi, Indonesia after Mount Ruang began the early stages of a full-scale eruption.
#WATCH : The eruption of the Ruang volcano has begun in Indonesia. Almost 840 people were evacuated from the island of the same name, the authorities say there were no casualties.#Indonesia #volcano #Ruangvolcano #Ruang #volcanoeruption pic.twitter.com/IyfPDVFNeP
— upuknews (@upuknews1) April 17, 2024
By 0940 EST on April 17th, 2024, a plume of volcanic ash had shot upwards more than 3,000 meters. A level III Alert has been issued as incandescent lava continues to avalanche down the slopes of the mountain.
Pusat Vulkanologi dan Mitigasi Bencana Geologi (PVMBG) melaporkan aktivitas erupsi berupa lontaran abu vulkanik setinggi 3.000 meter keluar dari kawah Gunung Ruang di Kabupaten Sitaro, Sulawesi Utara.https://t.co/GMt8Dks1ZJ
— antaranews.com (@antaranews) April 17, 2024
Guguran Lava Pijar Merapi pkl 20.28 WIB,ke arah Barat daya..# *Siaga Merapi* Level III pic.twitter.com/wDwDgbhKf6
— FPMKI (@InfoFPMKI) April 17, 2024
By 1000 EST this morning, the Japan Meteorological Agency announced it was assessing the risk of tsunamis to Okinawa with a possible expected arrival of around 2300L and an unknown maximum m wave height.
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— tenki.jp???? (@tenkijp_jishin) April 17, 2024
Ruang is the southernmost stratovolcano in the Sangihe Islands arc. It comprises an island 4 × 5 km wide. The summit contains a partial lava dome and reaches some 725 meters (2,379 ft) in altitude. The first recorded eruption was in 1808 then another in 1871 which leveled a village on nearby Tagulandang.
This is developing.
