Mount Merapi Launched 10 Times Of Incandescent Lava Drops, Maximum Glide Distance Of 800 Meters To The West

Illustration - Incandescent lava falls down the slopes of Mount Merapi in the Balerante area, Kemalang, Klaten, Central Java (Photo: Antara)

JAKARTA - Mount Merapi on the border of the Special Region of Yogyakarta and Central Java issued 10 incandescent lava avalanches with a maximum sliding distance of 800 meters to the southwest based on observations on Sunday from 00.00 to 06.00 A.M WIB.

Head of the Geological Disaster Technology Research and Development Center (BPPTKG), Hanik Humaida in Yogyakarta, Sunday, said that in addition to incandescent lava avalanches, Merapi also experienced 36 earthquake avalanches with an amplitude of 3-25 millimeters for 11-80 seconds, one earthquake. multi-phase with an amplitude of 4 millimeters for 7 seconds.

Launching Antara, the crater smoke was observed to be white with moderate to thick intensity with a height of 50 meters above the crater peak of Mount Merapi. While the weather on the mountain is cloudy.

The wind is blowing weakly to the southeast with air temperatures of 14-21 degrees Celsius, humidity 73-98 percent, and air pressure 568-685 mmHg.

Meanwhile, for the observation period on Saturday, March 20 evening, at 18.00-24.00 WIB, Mount Merapi recorded four launches of incandescent lava avalanches with a maximum glide distance of 800 meters to the southwest.

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

The volcanic lava and hot clouds of Mount Merapi are thought 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 eruption of volcanic material from Mount Merapi can reach a radius of three kilometers from the top of the mountain.