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Alarm in Indonesia: the eruption of Mount Merapi, one of the most active in the world

Volcano Merapi threw out this Saturday a river of red-hot lava about one and a half kilometers long. | Fountain: EFE

He Merapi volcanolocated in the central part of the Indonesian island of Java, this Saturday erupted a river of red-hot lava about one and a half kilometers long, as well as clouds of smoke and ash, which alarmed local authorities without notice. , it is necessary to evacuate the population at the moment.

“A lava eruption is observed that reaches a distance of 1,500 meters to the southwest,” the Center for Geological Disaster Research and Development (BPPTKG) said in a statement released today.

It warns the population of nearby cities to avoid activities in hazardous areas within a radius of 3 to 7 kilometers from the crater of the volcano. woklanalthough the evacuation of the population has not yet been recognized as necessary.

“An explosive eruption can reach a distance of up to 3 kilometers from the crater,” he adds.

He merapi2968 meters high, located on the border between the special area of ​​Yogyakarta and the province of Central Java, and is the most active volcano in the Asian country and one of the most eruptive in the world, and was at the second highest alert level.

Background

Its last major eruption, which occurred in 2010, killed 347 people and forced the evacuation of nearly 400,000 people, including 3,000 families who had to be resettled permanently.

The Indonesian archipelago lies within the so-called “Pacific Ring of Fire”, an area of ​​great seismic and volcanic activity, which is shaken by thousands of shocks a year, most of them of small force, and in which there are 127 active volcanoes. (EFE)


Source: RPP

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