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07/1989 (SEAN 14:07) Fumarolic activity

11/1989 (SEAN 14:11) Occasional seismicity but solfatara field quiet

03/2003 (BGVN 28:03) Hot-spots located outside the summit crater are most likely due to fires


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All information contained in these reports is preliminary and subject to change.

07/1989 (SEAN 14:07) Fumarolic activity

Fumarolic and solfataric activity (restricted to the crater) emitted a thin white plume periodically seen from the observatory. In late July, 69 tectonic, three volcanic A-type, and six volcanic B-type events were recorded.

Information Contacts: VSI.

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11/1989 (SEAN 14:11) Occasional seismicity but solfatara field quiet

Observations from both Rendang (S) and Budakeling (N) Observatories revealed neither white plumes from the solfatara field nor collapses of loose material from the inner crater wall. No explosion sounds from the crater have been heard. An earthquake was felt (MM I) on 9 June; 59 tectonic and two volcanic shocks [were] recorded in November.

Information Contacts: VSI.

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03/2003 (BGVN 28:03) Hot-spots located outside the summit crater are most likely due to fires

Thermal anomalies were detected by MODIS throughout 2001 and 2002 in zones proximal to the summit of Agung. The first alert occurred on 23 September 2001 when two alert-pixels were detected with a maximum alert ratio of -0.789. Larger anomalies were detected on 12 August 2002 (two alert-pixels with maximum alert ratio of -0.429) and 5 October 2002 (one alert-pixel with alert ratio of -0.536). All the alerts seem to occur outside the summit crater, with the possible exception of 5 October 2002, and are more likely to represent fires than volcanic activity.

No volcanic activity has been reported recently by the Volcanological Survey of Indonesia.

Information Contacts: Diego Coppola and David A. Rothery, Department of Earth Sciences, The Open University, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA, UK (Email: d.coppola@open.ac.uk, d.a.rothery@open.ac.uk). Thermal alerts courtesy of the HIGP MODIS Thermal Alerts Team (URL: http://modis.higp.hawaii.edu/).

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