Six Indonesia volcanoes erupt at once, disrupting 340,000 passengers
Six Indonesian volcanoes erupted within days in a rare overlap. This spread ash across Java and Sumatra and disrupted thousands of flights.
Six volcanoes erupted in rapid succession across Indonesia, rare even in one of the world's most volcanically active regions. Ash, including from Anak Krakatau about 150 kilometres away, reached parts of the Indonesian capital and spread across Java and Sumatra.
More than 340,000 passengers were affected and thousands of flights disrupted. Anak Krakatau remains at alert level with a three-kilometre exclusion zone.
Scientists say the simultaneous eruptions were coincidence, not a chain reaction.
- 340,000+
- Passengers affected
- 150 kilometres
- Distance of ash source
- 300+
- 2010 eruption deaths
- 3 kilometres
- Exclusion zone radius
Why it mattersAustralians travelling to Indonesia face flight delays and ash exposure. Global volcanic activity can signal larger climate and geophysical shifts.
AustraliaThousands of Australian passengers stranded or delayed; flights between Australia and Indonesia disrupted; air quality concerns for expats living in Jakarta.
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