Mount Semeru emitted hot clouds in Lumajang, East Java, which reached 4.5 km, with a maximum amplitude of 22 mm and an earthquake duration of 1,200 secs, on .
Fifteen people have died so far due to the pyroclastic flow from Mount Semeru on December 4, 2021, the command post for the volcanic eruption reported on .
Indonesian volcano spews ash
1 Mount Semeru volcano spews hot lava as it erupts, as seen from Oro-oro Ombo village in Lumajang, East Java province, Indonesia, on Sunday. (Zabur Karuru/Antara Foto via REUTERS)
Mount Semeru volcano on Indonesia’s main Java island spewed hot ash as high as 4km on Saturday, prompting authorities to warn people to keep a distance.
People shouldn’t carry out any activities within a radius of 1km from the crater, the country’s national disaster mitigation management in a statement on Saturday. The volcano alert level was at “watch,” two notches below the highest “warning” rating.