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The volcano again began showing signs of activity on 10 February 2012, and 19 September 2012 (11:01pm). An eruption occurred at 8:20, am the same day sending an ash plume two miles into the sky. Local residents were evacuated from a two and a half mile exclusion zone around the volcano. An eruption
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plain and are among active volcanoes of Sulawesi. Mount Lokon has a flat and craterless top. Its active crater is located on its foot, named "Tompaluan" crater.
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has 129 volcanoes including Mount Lokon. The eruption of Mount Lokon in 1991 killed a Swiss hiker and forced thousands of people to flee their homes.
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Lokon formed during a period of andesitic volcanism on ring fractures resulting from the
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The volcano erupted on 15 July 2011, forcing thousands of people to evacuate.
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Mount Lokon unleashes an ash plume, seen from the foothills village near
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Black crested macaques living in the Lokon nature reserve
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Elevation
Listing
Ribu
Coordinates
1°21′30″N 124°47′30″E / 1.35833°N 124.79167°E / 1.35833; 124.79167
Indonesian
Mount Lokon is located in Sulawesi
Sulawesi
Age of rock
Mountain type
Stratovolcano
Last eruption
Indonesian
Mount Empung
Tomohon
Minahasa Regency
North Sulawesi
Indonesia
Manado
Tondano

Manado


Tomohon

Tompaluan

Tondano caldera

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