Mount Semeru Eruption Again For 104 Seconds

Mount Semeru in Lumajang was covered in fog on Tuesday (30/4/2024). (ANTARA/HO-PVMBG)

Mount Semeru, which is on the border of Lumajang Regency with Malang, East Java, erupted again for 104 seconds on Tuesday night at 22.03 WIB.

The officer of the Mount Semeru Observation Post, Ghufron Alwi, in his written statement said that there had been an eruption of Mount Semeru on Tuesday, April 30, 2024.

"Visual eruptions were not observed, but the eruption was recorded on a seismograph with a maximum amplitude of 22 mm and a duration of 104 seconds," he said as quoted by ANTARA, Tuesday, April 30.

From January 1 to April 30, 2024, the number of eruptions of Mount Semeru was recorded as many as 202 times and the status is still on standby (Level III).

Mount Semeru is still on Alert or Level III status, so PVMBG provides recommendations so that people do not carry out any activities in the southeast sector along Besuk Kobokan, as far as 13 km from the summit (the center of the eruption).

Beyond this distance, the community does not carry out activities at a distance of 500 meters from the riverbank (river border) along Besuk Kobokan because it has the potential to be affected by the expansion of hot clouds and lava flows up to a distance of 17 km from the summit.

Then residents are also prohibited from doing activities within a 5 km radius from the crater/peak of Mount Semeru because they are prone to the danger of throwing stones (pijar).

The public is also asked to be aware of the potential for hot clouds, lava avalanches, and lahars along rivers/valleys that originate at the peak of the Semeru Volcano, especially along Besuk Kobokan, Besuk Bang, Besuk Kembar, and Besuk Sat as well as the potential for lahars in small rivers that are tributaries of Besuk Kobokan.