Mount Merapi spews hot lava for 36 times
17th January 2021
Mount Merapi, Sleman, Yogyakarta Province, on Jan 7, 2021. (ANTARA FOTO/Andreas Fitri Atmoko/foc/pri)
Yogyakarta (ANTARA) - Mount Merapi located in the border of Central Java and Yogyakarta Provinces on Sunday morning spewed red hot lava for 36 times with a maximum glide distance of 1.5 km according to the Geological Disaster Research and Technology Development Center (BPPTKG).
Based on observations made on Sunday at between midnight and 6 a.m. local time, the lava avalanche of Mount Merapi slid toward southwest, Head of BPPTKG Hanik Humaida said in a statement.
During the observation period, Mount Merapi also experienced 43 earthquake avalanches with an amplitude of 3-23 mm for 12-188 seconds and six times a multi-phase earthquake with an amplitude of 3-5 mm for 5-8 seconds.