Keeping tabs on a pretty active Volcano in Indonesia. The Volcano named, Mount Lokon has been especially active since September with over 40 eruptions occurring Last sunday it had it's largest one yet. This Volcano has proved deadly in the past, killing one Swiss tourist in 1991.
Although relatively harmless it has been incredibly active in the past year. Since July of 2011 it has erupted approximately 600 times. That's multiple eruptions per day, and in July of last year it's activities caused an evacuation of a small town of 2000+.
I wonder if eruptions are classified as just the release of magma/lava on the surface or if it is considered an eruptions only if there is material projected into the air.
The island of Java is paying special attention to Volcanoes at all times because they reside right in the middle of the 'Ring of Fire' and just last year another Volcano took the lives of 350 residents.
Good to see people keeping tabs on Volcanoes even in LDCs as a means of disaster mitigation. It is also important to have the right forecasting in place when it is possibly for Volcanoes.
http://www.examiner.com/article/series-of-eruptions-continue-from-indonesian-volcano
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