Volcano in Indonesia erupts, creating a column of ash 1,500m . high

The column of ash formed from the eruption of the Anak Krakatoa volcano in Indonesia reached 1,500 meters high on February 5, according to the country's Geological Agency.

According to the image of the European Space Center obtained by the Sentinel-2 satellite after the eruption, the crater spewed out a dense column of gas and dust, according to EarthSky. The Anak Krakatau Volcano Observatory raised the alert to orange. Aircraft passing through the area should pay attention to the amount of dust in the air.

The volcano erupted on February 4, according to the South China Morning Post. Indonesian officials warn people to stay away from the mountain within a radius of 2km.

Before that, since mid-January, Anak Krakatoa has shown signs of increased activity, according to the Indonesian Natural Disaster Response Agency. This volcano is not located on the mainland, but is located in the Sunda Strait, between the two large islands of Java and Sumatra.

Anak Krakatoa volcano erupted in 2018.

Anak Krakatoa (meaning 'Children of Krakatoa') was formed after the historic eruption of the Krakatoa volcano in August 1883, which killed about 35,000 people.

The destructive power was then estimated to be equivalent to 200,000 tons of TNT - about 13,000 times more than the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, Japan in 1945. Krakatoa also erupted about 25 cubic kilometers of rock. The explosion of the volcano can be heard in Australia, 3,600 km away.

In 2018, Anak Krakatoa had a large eruption and caused a tsunami on the islands of Sumatra and Java, killing 430 people, although the area near the volcano was less populated.

The tsunami was then more than 100 meters high and could reach 150 meters, according to research by scientists in Tokyo and London. This is considered the deadliest volcanic eruption of the 21st century.