Mount Semeru Erupts Again With A Eruption As High As 600 Meters

Mount Semeru erupted on Friday (22/11/2024) afternoon (ANTARA/HO-PVMBG)

JAKARTA - Mount Semeru on the border of Lumajang and Malang regencies, East Java erupted again with an eruption as high as 600 meters above the peak.

"There was an eruption of Mount Semeru on Friday, November 22, 2024, at 16.06 WIB," said Mount Semeru Observation Post Officer Ghufron Alwi as reported by ANTARA, Friday, November 22.

According to him, the height of the eruption column was observed to be about 600 meters above the peak or 4,276 meters above sea level (masl) and the ash column was observed to be white to gray with thick intensity to the southwest.

"The eruption was recorded on a seismograph with a maximum amplitude of 22 mm and a duration of 137 seconds," he said.

Previously, Mount Semeru experienced several eruptions on Friday including at 14:54 WIB and the eruption visual was not observed, but the eruption was recorded on a seismograph with a maximum amplitude of 22 mm and a duration of 130 seconds.

Currently, Mount Semeru is still on alert status, so the Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) provides a number of recommendations, namely that people are prohibited from carrying out any activity in the southeast sector along Besuk Kobokan as far as eight kilometers from the summit (the center of the eruption).

Beyond that distance, people are not allowed to 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 13 kilometers from the summit.

In addition, the public also needs to be aware of the potential for hot clouds, lava avalanches, and rain lava along rivers/valleys that originate at the top of Mount Semeru, especially along Besuk Kobokan, Besuk Bang, Besuk Kembar, and Besuk Sat, as well as the potential for lava in small rivers that are tributaries from Besuk Kobokan.