 People, including tourists, were urged to remain at least from the yellow craters on the 2,665-meter (8,743-foot) Mount Papandayan.On Friday September 2, 2011, the Indonesian Volcanology and Geophysical Disaster Mitigation Center reported that numerous shallow volcanic earthquakes had been recorded along with other indications of volcanic activity.A spokesperson for the Indonesian National Disaster Management Agency noted that if Mt Papandayan erupted, over 170,000 people living in five nearby subdistricts () and in twenty villages could be affected.