Tremor at East Java`s Mount Ijen triggers isolated tsunami, killing one
(WorldNews Indonesia)

Shares A sulfur miner was killed when volcanic activity at Mount Ijen in East Java released poisonous gas and triggered a 3-meter wave in a natural lake situated within the volcano’s crater on Friday afternoon. The tremor occurred within the mountain at 12:30, resulting in toxic air and an isolated wave from the lake in the crater, kompas.com reported. The wave that was formed in the wake of the volcanic activity recorded on Friday qualified as a tsunami, according to Indonesian tsunami expert Widjo Kongko. He said a tsunami typically occurred when activities at the bottom of an ocean, gulf or lake disturbed the column of water...