Yogyakarta – The Center for Geological Catastrophe Research Study and Technology Development (BPPTKG) said Mount Merapi, located between Central Java and Yogyakarta provinces, launched incandescent lava as far as one kilometer in a southwesterly instructions on Sunday from 00.00 a, m to 06.00 a.m. regional time.
BPPTKG Head Hanik Humaida said that throughout the observation period, the volcano has also experienced 28 earthquakes with an amplitude of 3-9 mm for 13-110 seconds, three gust earthquakes with an amplitude of 3-4 mm for 9-22 seconds, and 3 multi-phase earthquakes with an amplitude of 3-6 mm for seven seconds.
Based upon observations on Sunday morning, crater smoke did not come out of the install.
Nevertheless, based on observations on Saturday from 00.00 a.m. to 24.00 p.m. local time, Mount Merapi released hot clouds as far as 1,800 meters in the southwesterly instructions to the upper reaches of Krasak and Boyong Rivers.
The BPPTKG still preserves the status of Mount Merapi at Level III or Alert.
The lava and hot clouds of Mount Merapi are forecast to effect locations making up Kuning, Boyong, Bedog, Krasak, Bebeng, and Putih in the south to the southwest.
In the meantime, Mount Merapi’s volcanic product might distribute as far 3 kilometers from the mountain’s peak.
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