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: 1.108 , 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

Articles: 575 | About casualties: 57 | Last hour: 0

Bombero español en Indonesia: “A partir del tercer día disminuye la pr ... Sat, 06 Oct 2018 01:46:00 +0200.

Antonio Nogales salió de España el pasado día 30 de septiembre a las 17 horas. Este bombero de Huelva, curtido en varias operaciones de rescate, nos atiende desde Indonesia. Lo primero que hace es pedirnos disculpas por no haber podido “ate
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Continúa la pesadilla en Indonesia; 3 volcanes activos amenazan el paí ... Sat, 06 Oct 2018 01:41:00 +0200.

Pareciera que el pasado 27 de septiembre comenzó el 'infierno' para Indonesia , pues luego del tsunami tres volcanes activos los acechan y se teme que en cualquier momento puedan provocar otra tragedia. El pasado 3 de octubre el volcán Sopu
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Francisco donó 100.000 dólares a Indonesia por el terremotoFri, 05 Oct 2018 13:03:00 +0200.

El Papa Francisco dispuso una donación de 100.000 dólares para ayudar a los damnificados por el terremoto y un tsunami en el norte de la isla de Célebes, en Indonesia, el pasado viernes, que dejaron más de 1.400 muertos. El pontífice hizo e
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Indonesian volcano erupts, just days after quakeFri, 05 Oct 2018 11:54:00 +0200.

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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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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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),