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The Sidoarjo mud flow (commonly known as Lumpur Lapindo, wherein lumpur is the Indonesian word for mud; and as Lusi (Lumpur Sidoarjo)) is the result of an erupting mud volcano [1] in the subdistrict of Porong, Sidoarjo in East Java, Indonesia that has been in eruption since May 2006.
The Sidoarjo mud flow is an ongoing eruption of gas and mud from the earth in the subdistrict of Porong, Sidoarjo in East Java, Indonesia (20 kilometer south of Surabaya). It is considered to be a mud volcano. It appears that the flow will continue for an undetermined amount of time. So far, all efforts to stop the flow have failed.
The 2006 Sidoarjo mud flow may have been caused by rogue drilling. The point where a muddy material begins to flow depends on its grain size, the water content, and the slope of the topography. Fine grained material like mud or sand can be mobilized by shallower flows than a coarse sediment or a debris flow. Higher water content (higher ...
Gus Maksum, one of the thousands of Sidoarjo villagers displaced by the mud flow gives a detailed first-hand account of the first year of the disaster in his memoir Titanic Made By Lapindo. [10] As of late September 2006 scientists are saying that the eruption may be a mud volcano forming, and may be impossible to stop.
Drilling or an earthquake [36] [30] in the Porong subdistrict of East Java province, Indonesia, may have resulted in the Sidoarjo mud flow on 29 May 2006. [37] [38] [39] The mud covered about 440 hectares, 1,087 acres (4.40 km 2) (2.73 mi 2), and inundated four villages, homes, roads, rice fields, and factories, displacing about 24,000 people ...
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Mud was already flowing across the Hollywood Hills, damaging homes and forcing residents to flee. In Studio City late Sunday, a debris flow sent mud and other objects flowing down the 11900 block ...
The Sidoarjo mud flow is the result of an erupting mud volcano [4] in the subdistrict of Porong, Sidoarjo in East Java, Indonesia that has been in eruption since May 2006. It is the biggest mud volcano in the world; responsibility for it was credited to the blowout of a natural gas well drilled by Lapindo Brantas, although some scientists [5] and company officials contend it was caused by a ...