Never questioned the source, only the absence of interpretation, which you still don't provide (presumably because you don't know what the chart means). If you want some facts and education about the volcano situation in Bali, I suggest you read the Mt Agung Daily Report page on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/groups/415222448896889/), which as of 48 minutes ago indicates that there is no observed activity at Batur.Check the source my friend , the indonesian government body , magma.vsi.esdm.go.id , if you were living around kintimani you may be interested to know another volcano active on your doorstep ,or at least I would . The object of the forum is to post information which may be relevant to the members .
The person behind the facebook site has spent hundreds of hours studying and analyzing the charts and speaking with Indo government and USGS vulcanologists. You throw up two charts without any interpretation and make a bold and entirely unsupported conclusion that Mt. Batur is showing volcanic activity. Total bollocks.Im not a volcanologist so I prefer not to comment on the government website , but the tectonic movement at batur is quite new ,ie yesterday , are you a volcanologist ? I think no, your suggested facebook website uses my referenced website for info , so are these people on facebook volcanologists ?
As the website magma.vsi.esdm.go.id has been down for 12 hours , there is no more info re batur .
And what is their interpretation of the charts you have posted? Answer - they don't have one because there is nothing unusual to interpret. According to the Indonesian government experts, PVMBG (Pusat Vulkanologi dan Mitigasi Bencana Geologi), the activity level of Batur falls in the normal range. Check out their site, which on the first page lists Status Gunungapi Diatas Normal (literally, status of volcanoes above normal, i.e abnormal), like Mt.Agung and 20 others in Indonesia listed there). http://www.vsi.esdm.go.id/ Where is Batur??? Not there, because it is normal. In fact, there is no mention of any issue with Mt. Batur anywhere on the site.I have great respect for the Indonesian volcanologists , whom have access to all instances of volcanic activity on these islands and direct access to satellite information etc , that is their job .
If calling you out on a glib and unsubstantiated post constitutes 'flaming' in your mind, then I'm guilty as charged. However, I would suggest that @admin has potentially a much bigger concern if the authorities view this forum as a source of false rumors that could further harm the Bali (and by extension Indonesian) economy.I would suggest "flaming" on this site is not constructive ,take note admin .
I would suggest "flaming" on this site is not constructive ,take note admin .
From the Mount Agung Daily Report FB page:Please note from the title of the thread ie "now showing signs of activity" this was "heads up only" especially for anyone around kintimani ,I would never presume to forecast volcanic activity or make analysis of the techtonics , I leave that to the volcanologists .
Iv been watching all the relevant sites since the start of the agung activity over the last 4 months ie magma indonesia ,info mitgasi etc . For the first time a few days ago magma indonesia started showing side by side graphs of agung and batur , batur was never before mentioned as there was no activity , further to this discussion started on info mitigasi about the renewed activity at batur .
You're welcome. I also can't get the pop up to scroll on my iphone, but all works ok on the laptop.#17:Thanks for the link.!
The Magma app for android does not seem to function,this is more helpful.
Is there a way to enlarge the pop up screen with information?
Impossible to read the captions under the graphics.