Experts from the Vietnam Institute of Geosciences and Mineral Resources have found a unique complex of sedimentary rocks that were formed from eruptive volcanoes 12 million years ago on Phu Quy island, off the coast of south central Binh Thuan province.
Indonesian authorities issued a flight warning as Mount Kerinci volcano on Sumatra Island erupted, spewing a column of ash up to 0.8 km into the air, a statement from the energy and mineral resources ministry said on July 31.
Mount Soputan in Sulawesi island of Indonesia emitted column of ash on October 3 morning while local people are struggling to overcome consequences of the recent earthquakes and tsunami.
Ngurah Rai International Airport in the Indonesian tourist island of Bali was closed on June 29 following the volcanic eruption of Mount Agung in the island one day earlier.
Indonesia’s most active volcano of Mount Merapi shot a towering plume of ash about 6 kilometres high on June 1, triggering a top alert notice for passenger planes, the government official said.
Indonesian authorities closed an airport in Aceh province on April 7 after Mount Sinabung volcano on the neighbouring island of Sumatra erupted, a local official said.
Indonesia on February 19 raised flight warnings around the Mount Sinabung volcano on Sumatra island to their highest level after it sent a towering plume of ash more than 7 kilometres into the air, its biggest eruption this year.
Twenty four Vietnamese, mostly tourists, remain stranded on the Indonesian island of Bali as volcanic ash from Mount Agung prompted the closure of Ngurah Rai International Airport, the island’s main airport.
The Vietnamese Embassy in Indonesia has issued travel warning for Vietnamese tourists with intention to visit resort island of Bali as Indonesian authority has raised the alert for Mount Agung eruption to the highest level.
Indonesian authorities have raised alert levels for a volcano on the country’s resort island of Bali after hundreds of small tremors triggered fears that it could erupt for the first time in more than 50 years.
Indonesia ordered a temporary closure of Ngurah Rai International Airport on the Bali resort island on August 6 as ash drifting from Mount Raung on the country’s main Java Island.
Indonesian authorities ordered a temporary closure of Ngurah Rai
International Airport on the Bali resort island on August 6 as ash
drifting from Mount Raung on the country’s main Java Island has forced
flight cancellations across the board and stranded tourists.
Ash spewing from Mount Raung in East Java, Indonesia has closed three
airports, stranding tourists in the country during the peak holiday
season, announced the National Agency for Disaster Management on July
22.
Mount Raung in western Indonesia erupted on July 16 while Mount Gamalama
in eastern Indonesia also spewed powerful bursts of volcanic ash after
remaining dormant since last December.
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