Despite blasts, Mt. Anak Krakatau declared normal

Despite three blasts from Mount Anak Krakatau heard by local people early Sunday morning, the volcano was declared normal.

“Activities at Mt. Anak Krakatau have always been fluctuating. At night there might be a blast sound due to low air pressure,” Agus Budianto, head of the volcano monitoring subdivision at the Center for Volcanology, Mitigation, and Geology Disaster, said as quoted by kompas.com.

Anyer residents said they panicked after they heard three explosions from Mount Anak Krakatau on Sunday.

Despite the blasts, the status of Mount Anak Krakatu would not be raised to “alert”, Agus said.

“The safe areas would remain two kilometers from the volcano. Sea transportation has not been disturbed, so far,” he said.