{"id":57726,"date":"2018-12-31T03:00:12","date_gmt":"2018-12-31T03:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/?p=57726"},"modified":"2018-12-31T03:00:12","modified_gmt":"2018-12-31T03:00:12","slug":"indonesian-tsunami-volcano-lost-two-thirds-height","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/?p=57726","title":{"rendered":"Indonesian tsunami volcano lost two-thirds of its height"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Indonesian volcano which caused a tsunami that killed more than 400 people last week lost more than two-thirds of its height following the eruption which triggered the killer waves.<\/p>\n

A section of Anak Krakatoa’s crater collapsed after an eruption and slid into the ocean, generating the tsunami last Saturday night.<\/p>\n

A visual analysis by the Indonesian volcanology agency found the volcano has lost more than two-thirds of its height, an official said Saturday.<\/p>\n

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Anak Krakatoa which used to stand 338 metres (1,109 feet) high was now just 110 metres tall.<\/p>\n

The agency estimated the volcano lost between 150 and 180 million cubic metres of material as massive amounts of rock and ash have been slowly sliding into the sea following a series of eruptions.<\/p>\n

“Anak Krakatoa is now much shorter, usually you can see the peak from the observatory post, now you can’t,” Wawan Irawan, a senior official at the agency, told AFP.<\/p>\n

Before and after satellite images taken by Japan’s space agency showed that a two square kilometre chunk of the volcanic island had collapsed into the water.<\/p>\n

The volcano, whose name means Child of Krakatoa, was a new island that emerged around 1928 in the crater left by Krakatoa, whose massive 1883 eruption killed at least 36,000 people.<\/p>\n

The crater’s status has been raised to high alert, the second-highest warning on Indonesia four-point danger scale.<\/p>\n

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The exclusion zone has been extended from two to five kilometres (1.2 to three miles).<\/p>\n

A week after the tsunami, thousands of Indonesian Muslims attended a mass prayer on Saturday to remember the victims and pray for the safety of their tsunami-prone hometown.<\/p>\n

Residents of Pandeglang regency, which was hit the hardest by the disaster, gathered in the early morning, some in tears as they chanted their prayers.<\/p>\n

“I prayed for the victims and I also pray for the safety of the people who live in the tsunami affected area,” Dadan Suryana, a tsunami survivor, told AFP.<\/p>\n

“My prayer is for the victims to get help and be granted patience and I also pray the government will immediately help us to rebuild, to provide clothes and food, or at least to give us moral support,” fellow congregant Dian Rosdiana said.<\/p>\n

Authorities said at least 426 people were killed and 23 missing in the disaster.<\/p>\n

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