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Drone captures widened crater fracture on Mt Agung
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Danger zone: A banner indicates the danger zone around Mount Agung while a motorist enters the zone in on Sept. 28, a week after the volcano's alert level was raised to the highest Warning status. The mountain's volcanic activity has continued, with records showing nearly 180 tremors and a widened crater fracture as of Thursday. (JP/I Wayan Juniarta)
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surveillance drone has detected on Thursday that the fracture in the crater of Bali's Mount Agung had widened since the last satellite imaging taken on Wednesday.
National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho said the fracture was located on the eastern side of the volcano.
“The sulfuric gases emanating from the fracture are also denser than before,” he said in a statement on Friday.
Sutopo added that the drone's photos also revealed a small fracture in the southeastern part of the crater.
The Bufallo FX79 drone was operated by a joint team of three personnel from the BNPB and Gadjah Mada University.
According to monitoring results of the Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation, Mt. Agung's volcanic activities continued on Thursday with 58 shallow volcanic tremors, 104 deep volcanic tremors and 17 local tectonic tremors. (ebf)
