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Indonesia’s Mount Merapi continued to erupt Friday, forcing authorities to halt tourism and mining activities on the slopes of the country’s most active volcano. The volcano on the densely ...
Indonesia’s most active volcano, Mount Merapi, erupted on March 3, according to local reports, sending ash and steam 6 kilometers into the air and leading officials to close the Adi Soemarmo ...
The head of Yogyakarta’s Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation Center, Hanik Humaida, warned that Merapi, Indonesia's most active volcano, could erupt at any time, possibly sending hot ...
Since 2011, the volcano has been at the level II (Waspada) of a four-tier alert system set up by the Volcanological Survey of Indonesia. [6] A significant eruption occurred in 1979, [7] killing 60 people. [8] At least one person was killed in an eruption in 1996. [9] During April–May 2018 ashfalls to the southeast occurred. [10]
The victims came from the district of Sleman, Yogyakarta, where 37 people (including 25 men, 12 women, and 1 baby) died. Indonesia's vulcanology agency warned that flights around Yogyakarta may be disrupted. [62] [63] A village near Mount Merapi covered in ash from the volcanic eruption.
Mount Merapi, colour lithograph, Junghuhn and Mieling, 1853–1854. Mount Merapi (Javanese: ꦒꦸꦤꦸꦁ ꦩꦼꦫꦥꦶ, romanized: gunung měrapi, Indonesian: Gunung Merapi, lit. 'Fire Mountain') is an active stratovolcano located on the border between the province of Central Java and the Special Region of Yogyakarta, Indonesia. It is the ...
The name "Gunung Merapi" means 'mountain of fire' in the Indonesian language; Mount Merapi in central Java and Marapi in Sumatra have the same etymology. Ijen Geopark stretches across the entire regency which is specifically in the Mount Ijen area, Pulau Merah Beach, and Alas Purwo National Park.
Semeru in May 2021. Semeru is one of more than 100 active volcanoes in Indonesia. [8] [9] At 3,676 meters in elevation, it is the highest volcano on the island.The volcano is part of a chain of volcanic mountains stretching from northern Sumatra to the Lesser Sunda Islands.