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Indonesia’s Anak Krakatoa, an active volcano whose eruption last weekend triggered a deadly tsunami, has lost over two-thirds of its height, the country’s volcanology agency said on Saturday.
The Centre for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation said in a press statement that the volcano now stands 110 metres high, down from 338 metres in recent months.

According to the centre, which is based in the West Java provincial capital of Bandung, the position of Anak Krakatoa’s peak is now lower than the nearby islands of Sertung and Panjang.
The eruption of the volcano last Saturday caused the southwestern flank of its caldera to collapse, triggering underwater landslides that generated a tsunami which hit the nearby coastlines of Java and Sumatra.
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A total of 431 people are confirmed to have died as of Saturday evening, with 15 others still missing and 7,202 injured. Nearly 47,000 people have been displaced.
The volcanology agency also said Anak Krakatoa has lost between 150 million and 170 million cubic metres of its volume, with only between 40 million and 70 million cubic metres remaining. The loss, it said, was caused by the high eruption rate between Monday and Thursday.
Given the volcano’s remaining low volume, the agency said the possibility of another tsunami being triggered by an eruption is low.


On Thursday, the centre raised the alert status of the volcano due to increased activity to Level 3, one notch below the highest level. It recommended that locals and tourists not be allowed within a radius of 5 kilometres of the peak.
Volcanic activity at Anak Krakatoa has been on the increase since June, with almost daily eruptions.
It is the product of the infamous Krakatoa, whose tsunami-triggering eruption in 1883 was one of the largest of modern times, killing more than 36,000 people and leaving a massive crater in which grew Anak Krakatoa, or “Child of Krakatoa.”
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Indonesian volcano Anak Krakatoa lost two-thirds of its height in deadly eruption

Anak Krakatoa erupted last week, triggering a deadly tsunami. Photo: AFP

This handout combo of satellite images received from the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (GSI) via the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) on December 27, 2018 and taken on August 20, 2018 (L) and December 24, 2018 (R) shows the geomorphic change of the Anak Krakatoa volcano (pictured at centre of images) before and after the eruption off the western coast of Indonesia's Java island and detected by the ALOS-2 raw data and observed by Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR). - Indonesia on December 27 raised the danger alert level for the erupting volcano that sparked a killer tsunami at the weekend killing over 400 people, after previously warning that fresh activity at the crater threatened to trigger another deadly wave. (Photo by Handout / various sources / AFP) / -----EDITORS NOTE --- RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / Geospatial Information Authority of Japan via JAXA" - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS -

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A plume of ash rises as Anak Krakatoa erupts in Indonesia on Sunday, in this picture obtained from social media. Photo: Susi Air via Reuters

TOPSHOT - This picture taken with a long exposure shows lighting bolts striking along the Sunda Strait between the Indonesian islands of Java and Sumatra in Rajabasa, in Lampung province, on December 25, 2018, three days after a tsunami - caused by activity at a volcano known as the "child" of Krakatoa - hit the west coast of Indonesia's Java island. - Desperately needed aid flowed into a stretch of Indonesia's tsunami-struck coastline on December 25, officials said, but aid workers warned that clean water and medicine supplies were dwindling as thousands crammed makeshift evacuation centres. (Photo by MOHD RASFAN / AFP)

A tsunami survivor with stitches to her face rests at a hospital ward in Kalianda, Lampung province on December 25, 2018, three days after the disaster - caused by activity at a volcano known as the "child" of Krakatoa - hit the west coast of Indonesia's Java island. - Desperately needed aid flowed into a stretch of Indonesia's tsunami-struck coastline on December 25, officials said, but aid workers warned that clean water and medicine supplies were dwindling as thousands crammed makeshift evacuation centres. (Photo by MOHD RASFAN / AFP)

TOPSHOT - An aerial view shows an area affected by a tsunami that hit Sumber Jaya village in Sumur, Pandeglang, Banten province on December 25, 2018, three days after the tsunami - caused by activity at a volcano known as the "child" of Krakatoa - hit the west coast of Indonesia's Java island. - Desperately needed aid flowed into a stretch of Indonesia's tsunami-struck coastline on December 25, officials said, but aid workers warned that clean water and medicine supplies were dwindling as thousands crammed makeshift evacuation centres. (Photo by Adek BERRY / AFP)

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The volcano now stands 110 metres high, down from 338 metres in recent months, having lost 150-170 million cubic metres of volume


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