JAKARTA - Mount Semeru in Lumajang Regency, East Java, reportedly emitted smoke as high as 1,000 meters from the summit, as observed by officials from the Geological Agency of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) which was exposed in Jakarta, Saturday, November 22, early in the morning.
The Geological Agency in its official statement, quoted by Antara, said that visual activity showed the volcano was clearly visible until it was covered in fog level 0"II, while the main crater smoke was observed to be white with moderate to high intensity, rising about 1,000 meters above the peak at 00.10 WIB.
The weather around Mount Semeru was recorded to be sunny to rainy, with weak winds blowing towards the southeast and south, and air temperatures ranging from 2124 degrees Celsius.
In seismic activity, 157 earthquake eruptions or eruptions were recorded with an amplitude of 1022 mm and a duration of 58185 seconds.
In addition, there were 17 avalanches, 19 gusts earthquakes, one deep volcanic earthquake, six distant tectonic earthquakes, and one flood vibration earthquake with an amplitude of up to 43 mm with a duration of 6,499 seconds.
The Geological Agency emphasized that the community should not carry out any activities in the southeast sector along Besuk Kobokan as far as 20 kilometers from the summit.
Beyond that distance, the public is also asked to stay away from the river border of at least 500 meters because the potential for hot clouds and lava can still occur.
The public is also asked not to move within a radius of eight kilometers from the crater of Mount Semeru considering the potential danger of incandescent stones.
In addition, vigilance needs to be increased against the potential for hot clouds of avalanches, lava flows, and lahars along rivers with the peak of Semeru, especially Besuk Kobokan, Besuk Bang, Besuk Kembar, Besuk Sat, and small rivers that are the subsidiaries.
The Geological Agency of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources previously reported that Mount Semeru erupted on Wednesday 19 November at 16.00 WIB with an eruptive column height observed about 2,000 meters above the peak.
In the eruption, Mount Semeru emitted hot clouds which had a sliding distance of up to seven kilometers from the summit with a column of gray ash observed with thick intensity to the north and northwest.
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Eruption was recorded on the seismogram of the volcano monitoring post in Lumajang with a maximum amplitude of 40 mm and a duration of about 16 minutes 40 seconds.
The Geological Agency has set Level IV or Alert status to anticipate further activities that still have the potential to occur.
This is also the basis for the stipulation of the Natural Disaster Emergency Response Status which is active until November 26 by the Lumajang Regency Government, East Java.
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