Mount Anak Krakatau Erupts Again with Durations of 10 to 15 Seconds

Mount Anak Krakatau erupted again today. The eruptions were recorded as lasting between 10 and 15 seconds.

According to the website of the Centre for Volcanology and Geological Disaster Mitigation (PVMBG), the eruptions occurred on Tuesday, 8 September 2026. The first eruption took place at 05.08 WIB.

“An eruption of Mount Anak Krakatau occurred on Tuesday, 8 September 2026, at 05:08 WIB. The visual eruption was not observed,” the PVMBG wrote.

The eruption was recorded on the seismograph with a maximum amplitude of 47 mm and a duration of 15 seconds.

A second eruption occurred at 05.34 WIB. The height of the eruption column could not be observed.

“An eruption of Mount Anak Krakatau occurred on Tuesday, 8 September 2026, at 05:34 WIB. The height of the eruption column was not observed,” it wrote.

The eruption was recorded on the seismograph with a maximum amplitude of 44 mm. The eruption lasted 10 seconds.

The public has been advised not to approach Mount Anak Krakatau. People have also been urged to avoid activities within a 3 km radius of the active crater.

Meanwhile, the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) provided the latest update on the spread of volcanic ash from Mount Anak Krakatau. The BMKG predicted that the ash would drift away from Indonesian territory as of 04.00 WIB today.

“The spread of volcanic ash from Mount Anak Krakatau is predicted to move away from Indonesian territory,” the BMKG’s official statement read.

Based on information from the PVMBG and the Darwin VAAC, as well as analysis of Himawari-9 RGB imagery on 8 September 2026 at 04.00 WIB, volcanic ash from Mount Anak Krakatau was identified from the surface up to an altitude of 6,000 ft (1.8 km), observed moving towards the south-south-west, covering the Indian Ocean north-west of Banten.

Under current conditions, the BMKG stated that the volcanic ash has been observed moving away from the summit of Mount Anak Krakatau.