Mt Merapi spews hot lava for 10 times 7th February 2021
archive photo: Mount Merapi. (ANTARA FOTO/Andreas Fitri Atmoko/foc/pri) Yogyakarta (ANTARA) - Mount Merapi located between Central Java and Yogyakarta Provinces, on Sunday morning spewed hot lava for 10 times with a maximum sliding distance of one kilometer, according to the Geological Disaster Research and Technology Development Center (BPPTKG). Avalanches of incandescent lava occurred for 10 times, with a maximum sliding distance of 1,000 meters to the southwest or upstream of Krasak and Boyong Rivers, Head of BPPTKG Hanik Humaida said here on Sunday morning.
During the observation period of midnight until 6 a.m., Mount Merapi also experienced 27 earthquake avalanches with an amplitude of 3-11 mm for 11.4-52.2 seconds and two multi-phase earthquakes with an amplitude of 6 mm for 7.6-9.4 seconds.