Overall Green alert Volcanic eruption for SOPUTAN
in Indonesia

Event summary

GREEN alert: The SOPUTAN Volcanic eruption is unlikely to require external humanitarian assistance based on the exposed population and coping capacity.

GDACS ID VO 513
Name: SOPUTAN ()
Lat/Lon: 1.11 , 124.73
Event Date: 03 Oct 2018 UTC
Exposed Population 30km: 1910000 people within 100km
Exposed Population 100km: No people affected
Max Volc. Explosivity Index VEI:
Population Exposure Index PEI:
Inserted at: 03 Oct 2018 07:45 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score: 4.8 (Indonesia)

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Latest media headlines

Indonesian volcano erupts, just days after quake 10/5/2018 11:54:00 AM.

The Indonesian volcano of Mount Soputan erupting during the night, as seen from Lobu village in south-east Minahasa regency, North Sulawesi, on Wednesday night. The authorities have ordered people to stay out of a 4km radius of the peak, ci
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Filipino near Mt. Soputan safe: DFA 10/4/2018 1:15:00 PM.

MANILA -- The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Thursday confirmed that the only Filipino within the immediate vicinity of an Indonesian volcano that erupted on Wednesday is safe. The Philippine Consulate General in Manado managed to c
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MOUNT SOPUTAN A volcano is erupting on the same island recovering from.. 10/3/2018 8:57:00 PM.

By 1 minute ago. Johnny Simon As rescue and recovery operations unfolding on Indonesia’s Sulawesi island, where a massive earthquake and ensuing tsunami has killed at least 1,400 people and altered the landscape , a volcano has is now erupt
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Indonésie : Le bilan dépasse 1.400 morts, l’espoir de retrouver des su.. 10/3/2018 6:34:00 PM.

Le bilan du séisme suivi d’un tsunami sur l’île indonésienne des Célèbes a dépassé les 1.400 morts mercredi alors que les besoins sont « immenses » dans les zones sinistrées et que le temps presse pour dégager des survivants. Le bilan s’élè
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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: VAAC (1), EC-JRC (33), (2), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2),