According to the Kazakh edition Golden Horde With reference to the network of COME seismic stations under the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Kazakhstan, an earthquake occurred in Kyrgyzstan at 11:24 am Almaty time.
“The epicenter of the earthquake is located 338 kilometers southwest of Almaty, on the territory of Kyrgyzstan,” the report says.
The energy class of the earthquake was 9.9. The MPV magnitude is 4.5. The depth of the epicenter is 10 kilometers. There is no information about the sensitivity on the MSK-64 scale, as well as information about the victims and damage.
Almost simultaneously, a volcano erupted on one of the Indonesian islands, the Indonesian agency reports. BETWEEN. According to the National Center for Mitigation of the Consequences of Volcanological and Geological Hazards (BNPB), we are talking about the island of Siau, where the Karangetang volcano is located.
“Expecting a potential danger, it is not recommended to carry out work within a radius of 2.5 kilometers from the crater of the Karangetang volcano. There is a possibility of flooding with lava, so residents of nearby villages began to be evacuated,” the report says.
The rapidly spreading lava flow has now reached a length of one kilometer. Lava has already entered six rivers: Batang, Timbelang, Beha Barat, Nanit, Batuawang and Kakhetang. They originate at an altitude of 1784 meters.
“Due to the fact that the slope of the mountain is quite steep, the lava descends quickly,” seismologists said.
It is known that there are only four kilometers between the center of the volcano and the beach, and footage of the eruption has already appeared on the network. The danger class of the mountain has been raised from the second to the third, residents from nearby villages have been evacuated. There are no reports of casualties or damage yet.
However, that’s not all, as BNPB reported that 2,136 people were forced to leave their homes as a result of the magnitude 5.4 earthquake that hit the city of Jayapura in Papua province.
“According to the BNPB Operations and Control Center, to date, evacuation sites have been located in 15 districts, residential buildings have been damaged,” Abdul Muhari, acting head of the BNPB Data, Information and Communication Center, confirmed.
The publication recalls that Indonesia holds the world record for the number and activity of volcanoes, being part of the so-called Pacific Ring of Fire.
