Report on Ranakah (Indonesia) — July 1988
Scientific Event Alert Network Bulletin, vol. 13, no. 7 (July 1988)
Managing Editor: Lindsay McClelland.
Ranakah (Indonesia) Lava extrusion slows
Please cite this report as:
Global Volcanism Program, 1988. Report on Ranakah (Indonesia) (McClelland, L., ed.). Scientific Event Alert Network Bulletin, 13:7. Smithsonian Institution. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.GVP.SEAN198807-264071
Ranakah
Indonesia
8.637°S, 120.5302°E; summit elev. 2288 m
All times are local (unless otherwise noted)
In July, the lava dome and N flow continued to grow, but at slower rates than in previous months. Rockfalls detected on the seismometer decreased . . . to 30-50/day.
Geological Summary. The Anak Ranakah (Child of Ranakah) lava dome was formed in 1987 in an area without previous recorded eruptions at the base of the large older lava dome of Gunung Ranakah. An arcuate group of lava domes extending about 12 km west from Gunung Ranakah to Poco Mandosawa occurs on the outer N flanks of the poorly known Poco Leok caldera on western Flores Island.
Information Contacts: VSI.
