Authorities ask residents to leave prone areas as volcanic activity remains high, can erupt at any time Nicky Aulia Widadio | 05.03.2021 YOGYAKARTA, INDONESIA - MARCH 05 : Lava runs down from Mount Merapi as the volcanic activity increases, in Yogyakarta, Indonesia on March 5, 2021.
JAKARTA, Indonesia
Mt. Merapi in Central Java, Indonesia released incandescent lava 81 times in a span of just 12 hours on Friday with a maximum sliding distance of 1.3 kilometers (0.8 miles).
The Center for Research and Development of Geological Disaster Technology (BPPTKG) said the activities occurred since Thursday at 6.00 p.m. local time (1100 GMT) until Friday at 6.00 a.m. local time (2300GMT Thursday).
Report on Merapi (Indonesia) October 2020
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Managing Editor: Edward Venzke. Edited by Kadie L. Bennis.
Merapi (Indonesia)
Please cite this report as:
Global Volcanism Program, 2020. Report on Merapi (Indonesia) (Bennis, K.L., and Venzke, E., eds.).
Bulletin of the Global Volcanism Network, 45:10. Smithsonian Institution.
Merapi
All times are local (unless otherwise noted)
Merapi, located just north of the city of Yogyakarta, Indonesia, is a highly active stratovolcano; the current eruption began in May 2018. Volcanism has recently been characterized by lava dome growth and collapse, small block-and-ash flows, explosions, ash plumes, ashfall, and pyroclastic flows (BGVN 44:10 and 45:04). Activity has recently consisted of three large eruptions in April and June, producing dense gray ash plumes and ashfall in June. Dominantly, white gas-and-steam emissions have been reported during April-September 2020. The primary reporting source of activity comes from Balai Penyeli