Chances of Mt. Agung Eruption Still High

Kompas/P Raditya Mahendra Yasa

People hang up their clothes on their 10th day of staying in an evacuation camp in Manggis district, Karangasem regency, Bali, on Sunday (1/10). The Bali provincial administration has sent home 70,000 evacuees whose houses are 12 kilometers away from the disaster-prone area and are in locations that are considered relatively safe.

JAKARTA, KOMPAS – There is still no end in sight to the current crisis at Mount Agung in Bali, with no signs of either increase or decrease in seismic and volcanic activity. More observation tools are required to optimize the monitoring on Mt. Agung’s activity.

“Thus far, there are no indications of decreased activity. The probability of eruption is still high, at a similar level as when the Alert status was declared,” Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation Center’s (PVMBG) eastern volcano monitoring division head, Devi Kamil Syahbana, said on Sunday (1/10/2017).