SEVEN volcanoes have proven elevated volcanic exercise since January 2024. The seven are Mount Marapi in West Sumatra, Mount Merapi in Central Java, Semeru in East Java, Mount Ruang in North Sulawesi, Mount Ibu in Maluku, and Mount Lewotobi Laki and Ili Lewotolok in NTT.
Head of the Geological Company, Muhammad Wafid, mentioned that enormous eruptions occurred on three mountains, particularly Mount Lewotobi Laki, Mount Ruang and Mount Ibu. All three have alert degree IV standing.
“To date, because of the massive eruption, numerous residents have needed to be evacuated. Nonetheless, there have been no casualties,” he mentioned, in Bandung, Thursday (6/6).
He said that the eruptions had been shut to one another in Sumatra-Java-Sulawesi-Maluku and NTT. Nonetheless, it’s sure that the volcanic eruptions usually are not associated to one another.
“These eruptions usually are not associated to one another. However certainly, they simply occurred to occur on the identical time,” he added.
The eruption of every mountain, he continued, occurred because of a sequence of volcanic earthquakes and native tectonic earthquakes as a sign of the motion of magma fluid from a depth of 15 kilometers in the direction of the floor.
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“Particularly on Mount Marapi, the eruption has been occurring since December 2023. Till now, the eruption with occasional ash remains to be ongoing,” defined Wafid.
In Marapi, he continued, the volcanic exercise of the mountain additionally triggered flash floods on Might 11. Numerous residents turned victims and died. Flash floods additionally trigger infrastructure harm.
“The eruptions of Mount Merapi, Mount Semeru and Mount Ili Lewotolok are nonetheless occurring. The eruptions are a sequence of eruptions from the earlier yr in order that the mountain’s standing is maintained at Alert degree III,” he mentioned.
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