Soputan
Eruptions
Historical eruptions have taken place at the summit crater, and Aeseput, a vent on the volcano's north-east flank, which was formed in 1906. The volcano has erupted in: 1450, 1785, 1819, 1833, 1845, 1890, 1901, 1906, 1907, 1908–09, 1910, 1911–12, 1913, 1915, 1917, 1923–24, 1947, 1953, 1966–67, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1989, 1991–96, 2000–03, 2004, 2005, 2005–06, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016 and 2018.
On the morning of 6 June 2008, Soputan erupted, sending pyroclastic flows as far as 4 km down its slopes, and ash 2 km into the air.
An eruption at 21:03 UTC on 2 July 2011 sent an ash column 5,000 metres into the air.
On 6 January 2015, an eruption began when an explosion caused a partial collapse of a summit lava dome, sending an avalanche down the west flank.
On 4 January 2016, the volcano exploded, sending an ash plume to 2,000m, which prompted the authorities to establish a 4 km exclusion zone around the volcano.
In 2018, Soputan erupted on 3 October, and again twice on 16 December. All three times the volcano spewed a massive column of ash more than 6,000 m (19,700 ft) into the sky. The October eruption occurred about a week after a powerful earthquake and tsunami struck the island.
Gallery
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Mt. Soputan (left) and Mt. Manimporok view from Tombatu Village
See also
References
- ^ "Soputan". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
- ^ "Soputan". Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
- ^ "Volcano erupts in Indonesia". Sydney Morning Herald. 7 June 2008. Archived from the original on 21 December 2015.
- ^ "Indonesian volcano erupts". France 24. Agence France-Presse (AFP). 3 July 2011. Archived from the original on 5 July 2011.
- ^ "Soputan volcano (N Sulawesi, Indonesia): Strong explosive eruption this morning". VolcanoDiscovery. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
- ^ "Volcano erupts on same Indonesian island as earlier quake". Straits Times. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
- ^ Ng, Eileen (4 October 2018). "Alert level raised as Indonesia's Mount Soputan erupts". Associated Press. Archived from the original on 10 October 2018.
- ^ Sukhija, Sheetal (17 December 2018). "Indonesia's Mount Soputan erupts twice, sends thick ash into the sky". The Philippine Times. Archived from the original on 17 December 2018.
- ^ "Volcano erupts on Indonesia's quake and tsunami-hit Sulawesi". NBC News. Associated Press. 3 October 2018. Archived from the original on 10 October 2018.