Seulawah Agam, 1726 meters above sea level is one
of three active strato volcano type A in the Province
of Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam. Geographic position is located at 05 ° 26 '50''latitude and 95 ° 39' 54 "E. Seulawah erupts in intervals from 136 years to 239 years. The last eruption was in 1839, with a VEI-2 eruption. The summit contains a forested 400m wide dcrater. The active van heutsz crater, located at 650 m on the NNE flank is one of several areas containing active fumarole fields. Friday, September 3rd, 2010 There has been a change in the alert status for yet another Indonesian volcano in addition to Sinabung. This time, Seulawah Agam on Aceh has been raised to the lowest Alert Status (from no alert) by the Center for Volcanology and Disaster Mitigation due to increased seismicity underneath the volcano. Beyond the eruption in 1839, little is known about Seulawah Agam - it appears that there have been no historic eruptions, but there may have been some minor hydrothermal explosions. A 3-km exclusion zone has been declared around the volcano but no evacuations have been called. |