Report on Kerinci (Indonesia) — April 2002
Bulletin of the Global Volcanism Network, vol. 27, no. 4 (April 2002)
Managing Editor: Richard Wunderman.
Kerinci (Indonesia) Small explosion earthquakes dominate, plumes 600 m above summit
Please cite this report as:
Global Volcanism Program, 2002. Report on Kerinci (Indonesia) (Wunderman, R., ed.). Bulletin of the Global Volcanism Network, 27:4. Smithsonian Institution. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.GVP.BGVN200204-261170
Kerinci
Indonesia
1.697°S, 101.264°E; summit elev. 3800 m
All times are local (unless otherwise noted)
During January-May 2002, seismic activity at Kerinci was dominated by small explosion earthquakes. Plumes reached up to 600 m above the summit (table 2). An explosion during 0950-1030 on 4 May produced ash that rose 400 m above the summit. The Alert Level remained at 2 throughout the report period.
Table 2. Seismicity and plume observations at Kerinci during 7 January through 19 May 2002. Courtesy VSI.
| Date | Deep volcanic | Shallow volcanic | Small explosion | Tectonic | Plume observations |
| 07 Jan-13 Jan 2002 | 4 | 3 | 263 | 3 | White thin-thick medium-pressure plume rose 50-100 m and drifted E. |
| 14 Jan-20 Jan 2002 | -- | -- | 409 | 7 | -- |
| 21 Jan-27 Jan 2002 | 4 | -- | 391 | 13 | A minor explosion on 26 January produced a dark gray plume that rose ~100-600 m above the summit. |
| 28 Jan-03 Feb 2002 | 1 | -- | 630 | 9 | Gray plume reached 500 m above the summit. |
| 04 Feb-10 Feb 2002 | -- | 4 | 461 | 10 | A minor explosion on 8 February produced a thick gray ash plume that rose 500 m above the summit. |
| 11 Feb-17 Feb 2002 | 1 | -- | 172 | 2 | White thick plume rose 50-300 m. |
| 18 Feb-24 Feb 2002 | 1 | -- | 133 | 6 | White thick plume 50-300 m above the summit. |
| 25 Feb-03 Mar 2002 | -- | 1 | 628 | 4 | White thick plume 50-300 m above the summit. |
| 03 Mar-10 Mar 2002 | -- | -- | 673 | -- | White thick medium-pressure plume 50-400 m above the summit. |
| 11 Mar-17 Mar 2002 | -- | -- | continuous | 6 | White thick medium-pressure plume 50-500 m above the summit. |
| 18 Mar-24 Mar 2002 | 1 | 3 | continuous | 5 | White brown thick plume ~100-500 m above the summit; drifted E. |
| 25 Mar-31 Mar 2002 | -- | 1 | continuous | 8 | White brown thick medium-high pressure plume 100-500 m above the summit; drifted E. |
| 01 Apr-07 Apr 2002 | 4 | 2 | 294 | 6 | White-brownish medium-high pressure plume 100-500 m above the summit; drifted E. |
| 08 Apr-14 Apr 2002 | 1 | 1 | 262 | 4 | White thick darkish medium-high pressure plume 50-300 m above the summit; drifted E. |
| 15 Apr-21 Apr 2002 | 1 | -- | 272 | 7 | White thick medium-high pressure plume rose 50-500 m above the summit; drifted E. |
| 22 Apr-28 Apr 2002 | 1 | 0 | 352 | 8 | White thin-thick medium-high pressure plume rose 50-400 m above the summit. |
| 29 Apr-05 May 2002 | 3 | 0 | continuous | 6 | White-brownish ash plume rose 400 m above the summit. |
| 06 May-12 May 2002 | 3 | 2 | continuous | 1 | -- |
| 13 May-19 May 2002 | 1 | 2 | 285 | 8 | -- |
Geological Summary. Gunung Kerinci in central Sumatra forms Indonesia's highest volcano and is one of the most active in Sumatra. It is capped by an unvegetated young summit cone that was constructed NE of an older crater remnant. There is a deep 600-m-wide summit crater often partially filled by a small crater lake that lies on the NE crater floor, opposite the SW-rim summit. The massive 13 x 25 km wide volcano towers 2400-3300 m above surrounding plains and is elongated in a N-S direction. Frequently active, Kerinci has been the source of numerous moderate explosive eruptions since its first recorded eruption in 1838.
Information Contacts: Dali Ahmad, Volcanological Survey of Indonesia (VSI), Jalan Diponegoro No. 57, Bandung 40122, Indonesia (URL: http://www.vsi.esdm.go.id/).
