Location
The eruption is located at sub district of Porong, regency of Sidoarjo, 30 km of Surabaya, the capital city of East Java. As a home to 34 million people, East Java is the second largest province in Indonesia.
The mud volcano is located 150 meters away from Banjar Panji-1 well and few meters away from major economic and social infrastructure linking Surabaya and surroundings. The disaster area is passed by various important infrastructures such as roadways and the only toll road in the province, railways, electric grid, telephone lines and gas pipes.
