6 people were killed when Paluweh,
also known as Mount Rokatenda
erupted on 10th August 2013 .
The volcano is located on Palue a small island in Indonesia.
Due to the unpredictable nature of the volcano, 3000 people have been evacuated
from this small island which has a population of 10,000.
Activity has been ongoing since
last October and many residents had already been evacuated from the 3km exclusion
zone. According to reports ash erupted 2 km into the air and covered the beach,
where the deaths were reported. Numerous residents from the villages ignored
the mandatory evacuation according to the Indonesia’s
Volcanology Agency.
Paluweh, a stratovolcano with an
elevation of 875m last had a large eruption (VEI 3) in 1928 when a landslide
induced tsunami occurred.
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