Beware, Mount Merapi Vomits Incandescent Lava 1.5 Km Away

JAKARTA - Mount Merapi on the border of the Special Region of Yogyakarta and Central Java released five incandescent lava flows with a maximum sliding distance of 1,500 meters to the southwest based on observations on Wednesday from 00.00 to 06.00 western Indonesia time.

As reported by Antara, Wednesday, June 23, Head of the Center for Research and Development of Geological Disaster Technology (BPPTKG), Hanik Humaida in a written statement said, in addition to incandescent lava avalanches, Merapi also experienced 45 earthquake avalanches with an amplitude of 3-35 millimeters (mm) for 12 months. up to 105 seconds, three earthquake gusts with an amplitude of 2-8 millimeters (mm) for 6-19 to 6-19 seconds.

Next, there were 11 multi-phase earthquakes with an amplitude of 3-25 millimeters (mm) for 5 to 11 seconds, and four shallow volcanic earthquakes with an amplitude of 59-70 millimeters (mm) for 6-19 to 21-25 seconds.

The crater smoke was observed to be white with moderate to thick intensity as high as 100 meters above the peak of the crater of Mount Merapi. While the weather on the mountain is sunny and cloudy.

The wind is blowing moderately to the west with an air temperature of 13-21 degrees Celsius, humidity of 69-90 percent, and air pressure of 568-708 mmHg.

Meanwhile, for the observation period on Tuesday, June 22 at 00.00-24.00 western Indonesia time, Mount Merapi was observed five times launching hot clouds of avalanches with a maximum sliding distance of 1,200 meters to the southwest and southeast.

Until now BPPTKG still maintains the status of Mount Merapi at Level III or standby.

The lava fall and hot clouds of Mount Merapi are estimated to have an impact on the south-southwest sector including the Yellow River, Boyong, Bedog, Krasak, Bebeng, and Putih.

Meanwhile, if an eruption occurs, the ejection of volcanic material from Mount Merapi can reach a radius of three kilometers from the top of the mountain.