Mount Dempo is higher within a week, this is the cause

Pagar Alam – Mount Dempo in Pagar Alam, South Sumatra (South Sumatra), experienced inflation trends or changes in the form this past week. This condition is the result of the observation of the geological agency of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM). Geological agency head Muhammad Wafid said the findings of inflation in the body of the Mount Dempo Western Sector indicated that there was still a significant pressure source of a shallow depth. “Observation of deformation by the GNSS and Tilt meter methods shows the tendency of inflation in the mountain body means that the pressure of shallow depths is still underway,” he said in Jakarta on Tuesday (8/19/2025). Browse to continue with the content, he explained that the phenomenon Tuesday morning at 07.48 WIB, which learned an outburst column of as high as 1,300 meters above the peak with thick white color south. Observation of volcanic monitoring posts on Pagar Alam also noted that a number of seismic activities in the period of August 1-18, a number of seismic activities, including 40 times the earthquake, felt that scale I-II MMI, 10 times remote tectonic earthquakes and continuous cultivation vibrations with 0.5-10 mm Amplitude 5 mm. The geological agency ensures that the activity level of Mount Dempo is still at level II (Alert). In this way, the community, climbers and tourists are recommended not to approach the Mount Dempo crater in a 1 kilometer radius and stay away from the northern sector to 2 kilometers from the crater opening. Wafid emphasizes the eruption of the mountain damppo a frat that can suddenly occur without being preceded by clear volcanic symptoms. “Therefore, vigilance must be maintained because the potential for harmful materials and dangerous gas is still there,” he said. The geological agency will continue to monitor activities, danger assessment and socialization to the community. Information on the development of Mount Dempo activity can be obtained through the application of the geological agency and directly from the volcanic monitoring position in the city of Pagar Alam, South Sumatra. Also watch the video ‘Viral Video -berg Dempo broke out, what should the residents?’: (IDH/IMK)