Photo Credit: Kriss Sieniawski

Update 6.30.18 Mount Agung has been moderately active in the past few days, causing ash clouds that temporarily halted some air traffic and caused those closest to the volcano to self-evacuate. Meanwhile, this beautiful photograph has been shared on Twitter by Bali’s government representative.

Indahnya erupsi Gunung Agung di bawah pancaran bulan purnama pada 28/6/2018. Fenomena alam yang langka. Tak semua negara memiliki alam yang menakjubkan seperti di Indonesia. Selalu ada berkah dari alam yang bekerja tetapi manusia lebih berburu pada berita musibah. Selalu harmoni. pic.twitter.com/sd60HFirnw — Sutopo Purwo Nugroho (@Sutopo_PN) June 30, 2018

English translation courtesy Microsoft: The beauty of the great eruption of Mount under the glow of a full moon on 28/6/2018. A rare natural phenomenon. Not all countries have such amazing nature in Indonesia. There is always a blessing of nature that human work but more hunting on news of the disaster. Always harmony.

Update: 2.23.18

Asap putih solfatara dengan intensitas sedang keluar dari kawah Gunung Agung. Aktivitas vulkanik terus menurun. Status Siaga (level 3) dengan zona berbahaya adalah 4 km dari puncak kawah. Masyarakat aman kembali ke rumahnya. Tidak ada permukiman di dalam radius 4 km. Bali aman. pic.twitter.com/5w71loE2VG — Sutopo Purwo Nugroho (@Sutopo_PN) February 24, 2018

Engish Translation: White smoke solfatara with medium intensity coming out of the crater of Mount Agung. Volcanic activity continues to decline. The standby status (level 3) with the dangerous zone is 4 km from the summit crater. The community safely back to his home. There is no neighborhood in within a radius of 4 km. Bali is safe.

UPDATE 2.13.18

Gempa letusan Gunung Agung terjadi pada 13/2/2018 pukul 11:49 WITA dengan tinggi kolom asap dan abu 1500 meter di atas puncak. Status Siaga (level 3). Zona berbahaya di dalam radius 4 km dari puncak kawah. Sebanyak 15.445 orang masih mengungsi tersebar di 146 titik pengungsian. pic.twitter.com/7Ga1oRofzu — Sutopo Purwo Nugroho (@Sutopo_PN) February 13, 2018

English translation:

The eruption of Mount Agung earthquake occurred in 13/2/2018 at 11:49: with a high column of smoke and ash 1500 meters above the Summit. The standby status (level 3). Hazardous zones within a radius of 4 km from the summit crater. As much as 15,445 people still displaced scattered across 146 evacuation point.

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UPDATE: 1.21.18 New Drone Footage:

Pemantauan gas dan kondisi kawah Gunung Agung menggunakan drone pada 20/1/2018 sore. Hembusan di kawah Gunung Agung sedang berlangsung saat drone dekat puncak kawah. Kondisi angin juga kencang sehingga drone kembali basecamp. #bali #balitoday #volcano pic.twitter.com/MwGMYxfXiJ — Sutopo Purwo Nugroho (@Sutopo_PN) January 21, 2018

Update 1.14.18

Gunung Agung kembali erupsi sesaat pada 15/1/2018 pukul 07.23 Wita. Erupsi disertai asap kelabu dengan tekanan sedang dengan tinggi kolom sekitar 2.000 meter. Status Awas dan zona berbahaya di dalam radius 6 km. Aktivitas masyarakat dan bandara normal. #bali #balitoday pic.twitter.com/5pcT4MIVSO — Sutopo Purwo Nugroho (@Sutopo_PN) January 15, 2018

Update 12.28.17

Visual kawah Gunung Agung yang direkam turis Rusia yang menerobos masuk zona berbahaya hingga di pinggir kawah pada 28/12/2017 pagi. Aktivitas vulkanik Gunung Agung memang masih tinggi. Hembusan asap disertai abu tipis masih terjadi. Status Awas (level 4). #Bali #balisafe pic.twitter.com/DGyOAfuk3w — Sutopo Purwo Nugroho (@Sutopo_BNPB) December 28, 2017

English Translation: The crater of Mount Agung Visual recorded tourists Russia entered a dangerous zone which breaks up to at the edge of the crater on the 28/12/2017 morning. The volcanic activity of Mount Agung is indeed still high. Blowing smoke accompanied abu slim still occurs. Status Warning (level 4). # Bali # balisafe Update 12.24.17

Bali Government Spokesperson Sutopo Purwo Nugroho has tweeted:

Again, Mount Agung eruption of smoke and volcanic ash with a high column of 2,000-2,500 metres at 10.05 p.m.: 24/12/2017. Stratocumulus cloud pushes the column tops. The Status Of Mount Agung, Beware. Bali is safe. The airport normally and safely. # BaliSAFE # BaliAman # BALI

UPDATE ON 12.24.17

12.11.17

Erupsi Gunung Agung yang terpantau dari Desa Junggul Besakih pada 11/12/2017 pukul 05:49 WITA. Asap kawah kelabu tebal tinggi 2500 meter dengan tekanan sedang, asap condong ke arah barat. Status Awas. Di dalam radius 8-10 km dari kawah berbahaya. #Balivolcano #Bali pic.twitter.com/y0rShltynT

— Sutopo Purwo Nugroho (@Sutopo_BNPB) December 11, 2017

Translated from Indonesian by Bing

The eruption of Mount Agung observed from the village of Besakih on the Junggul 11/12/2017 at 05:49:. Smoke grey high thick crater 2500 metres with a pressure medium, smoke is leaning towards the West. The Status Of The Awas. Within a radius of 8-10 km from the crater is dangerous. # Balivolcano # Bali

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State of emergency in Bali now extended until December 10, 2017. Evacuation area is 8-10 km from Mount Agung.

Status on 11.30.17: A continuous volcanic eruption has been observed at Mount Agung since 9:25 pm on 25 November 2017. Evacuations are occurring now and many tourists are currently stranded on the island. The Bureau of Meteorology is advising the aviation industry that the potential for a larger eruption of Bali’s Mount Agung volcano is high (11.29.17).

Gunung Agung masih terus erupsi mengeluarkan abu vulkanik tinggi 2000 meter. Status Awas. Bandara Ngurai Rai Bali normal. Bandara Lombok ditutup hingga 30/11/2017 pukul 24.00 WITA. #Bali #Agung pic.twitter.com/raOGJmC8FY — Sutopo Purwo Nugroho (@Sutopo_BNPB) November 30, 2017

English Translation via Bing:

Mount Agung eruption continued issuing volcanic ash 2000 metres high. The Status Of The Awas. Ngurai Rai airport Bali is normal. Lombok airport closed until 24.00 o’clock: 30/11/2017. # Bali # Agung

Indahnya alam Gunung Agung dengan letusannya. Ada harmoni antara alam dan manusianya. Gunung Agung pasti meletus suatu saat. Biarkanlah alam bekerja. Saat itulah manusia menyingkir untuk memberikan ruang pada gunung meletus agar manusia selamat. Gunungapi memberikan berkah. pic.twitter.com/3q6rLgdrpO — Sutopo Purwo Nugroho (@Sutopo_BNPB) November 27, 2017

Translation by BING:

The beauty of nature with the eruption of Mount Agung. There is a harmony between nature and human. Mount Agung is sure to erupt at any time. Let nature work. That’s when the man step aside to make room on the mountain erupted in order that humans survived. Volcanic activity report gives a blessing.

LIVE FEED:

BEWARE OF GUNUNG AGUNG, STATUS IS ALLOWED FROM ANYWHERE TO CA; 27 November 2017 06:05 WIB

Mount Agung eruption continues to increase. The rate of eruption of the Great Volcano now rises from the phreatic to magmatic phase (since the observation of the rays at the peak at night on 25/11/2017 at 21:00 WITA.) Until today the magmatic phase eruption accompanied by constant thick ash of ash reaches a height of 2,000-3,400 meters from the peak .

Continuous ash puffs are sometimes accompanied by explosive eruptions accompanied by a weak sound that sounds up to 12 km from the summit. The rays of fire are increasingly observed in the next night. This indicates the potential for a larger eruption is imminent.

To anticipate all possibilities and risks of disaster, PVMBG has raised the status of Gunung Agung from Siaga (level 3) to Awas (level 4) starting from 27/11/2017 at 06:00 WITA. Status Beware is the highest status in volcano status.

Mount Agung observation post in Rendang sub-district of Karangasem Regency reported that the visual visuals of the mountains are clear. Cold-pressure crater smoke is observed in gray with a thick intensity and height of 2,500-3,000 m above the top of the crater. Observed eruption with 3000 m high and gray smoke color. Visible light rays. Non continuous harmonic tremor amplitudes 1 – 10 mm (dominant 1 – 2 mm).

Communities around Mount Agung and climbers / visitors / tourists not to be on, do not climb and do not do any activity in the Estimate Zone of Hazard that is inside the crater area of ​​Mount Agung and in all areas within 8 km from the crater of G. Agung and added sectoral expansion to the North-Northeast and Southeast-South-Southwest as far as 10 km from the crater of G. Agung.

Estimated Zone The dangers are dynamic and continuously evaluated and can be changed at any time following the most recent / latest Gunung Agung observation data.

BNPB coordinates the national potential of TNI, Polri, Basarnas, Ministry of Public Works, Ministry of Social Affairs, Ministry of Health, Ministry of Transportation, SOEs and others to assist the Local Government in handling eruption of Mount Agung. National Counseling Posts have been activated in Kabupaten Karangasem. BPBD together with other elements continue to perform emergency eruption of Mount Agung.

People within a radius of 8 km and 10 km of expansion are urged to immediately evacuate in an orderly and calm manner. Some people have been self-evacuating since 25/11/2017 night following the eruption of Mount Agung.

Sutopo Purwo Nugroho

Head of Information Data and Public Relations Center of BNPB