Mount Ruang
| Ruang | |
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 Ruang from the island of Tagulandang | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 725 m (2,379 ft)[1] |
| Listing | Spesial Ribu |
| Coordinates | 2°18′18″N 125°21′54″E / 2.305°N 125.365°E |
| Geography | |
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| Location | Siau Tagulandang Biaro Islands Regency, Sangihe Islands, Indonesia |
| Geology | |
| Mountain type | Stratovolcano |
| Last eruption | 18 April 2024 (ongoing) |
Ruang is the southernmost stratovolcano in the Sangihe Islands arc, North Sulawesi, Indonesia. It comprises an island 4 by 5 kilometres (2.5 mi × 3.1 mi) wide. The summit contains a partial lava dome and reaches some 725 metres (2,379 ft) in altitude. From its summit, Klabat's peak in the south, that of Siau to the north, and Ternate to the east can all be seen.[2]
Eruptions
The first recorded eruption was in 1808.[1] Dr. Adolf Meyer witnessed a large eruption in 1871. Ruang was uninhabited at the time, but the inhabitants of nearby Tagulandang had many plantations on its slopes. The eruption destroyed these in minutes and caused a tsunami that obliterated most of their large village, situated on Tagulandang, opposite Ruang. Most of the village's inhabitants drowned, and their bodies afterward could be seen on the beach.[2]
Eruptions in April 2024 prompted over 800 people to evacuate the island for nearby Tagulandang[3] and the establishment of a 4-kilometre (2.5 mi) exclusion zone from the crater that was later extended to 6 kilometres (3.7 mi).[4] On 17 April, authorities raised the volcano's alert level to four, the highest in Indonesia and issued a tsunami alert which led to orders for 11,000 residents and evacuees in Tagulandang to be moved to Manado in mainland Sulawesi, citing the risk of the volcano collapsing into the sea.[5] The eruption also prompted the shutdown of Sam Ratulangi International Airport in Manado.[6] Siau Tagulandang Biaro Islands Regency, where the volcano is located, declared a 14-day state of emergency.[7] Airlines from West Malaysia and Singapore had to cancel flights to Sabah and Sarawak on 18 April due reduced visibility.[8] Sulphur dioxide plume from the volcano had extended 1000 km, covering Sabah, Sarawak and Kalimantan as of 19 April.[9]
See also
References
- ^ a b "Ruang". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
- ^ a b Rowley, G. D. (1877). Ornithological Miscellany. Vol. 2. London: Taylor and Francis. pp. 324–325.
- ^ "Hundreds evacuated after Indonesia's Ruang volcano erupts". Reuters. 17 April 2024. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
- ^ "More than 11,000 evacuated in northern Indonesia as volcano erupts". Al Jazeera. 18 April 2024. Archived from the original on 18 April 2024. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
- ^ "Tsunami alert after a volcano in Indonesia has several big eruptions and thousands are told to leave". Associated Press. 18 April 2024. Archived from the original on 18 April 2024. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
- ^ "Thousands evacuated as Indonesia volcano erupts, causes tsunami threat". France 24. 18 April 2024. Archived from the original on 18 April 2024. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
- ^ "Gunung Ruang di Sulawesi Utara meletus, potensi tsunami 'masih ada'". BBC News Indonesia (in Indonesian). 18 April 2024. Archived from the original on 18 April 2024. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
- ^ "Scoot, other airlines cancel some flights to Indonesia and East Malaysia after Mount Ruang eruption". Channel News Asia. 18 April 2024. Archived from the original on 18 April 2024. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
- ^ "High concentration of sulfur dioxide from Indonesia's Mt Ruang volcanic eruption blankets Sarawak, Sabah and Kalimantan". Dayak Daily. 19 April 2024. Archived from the original on 19 April 2024. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
External links
Media related to Mount Ruang at Wikimedia Commons
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