Indonesia's Mount Semeru erupts, spewing 600 metres ash
21 Jun 2023 08:03pm
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The ash plume was seen to be grey with thick intensity to the north, according to the nation's Centre for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation, PVMBG. At 7.58 am local time, PVMBG recorded the eruption on a seismograph.
It had a maximum amplitude of 22 millimetres and lasted for 105 seconds. Residents in the vicinity were urged to avoid the five-kilometre radius around the mountain and any activities in the southeast part of Besuk Kobokan, which is 13 km from the peak.
In December last year, authorities evacuated nearly 2,000 people living near to Mount Semeru after the mountain spewed a cloud of ash 15 kilometres into the sky. At least 69 people killed, 104 were injured and five others remain missing when the highest mountain on the island of Java erupted on Dec 4, 2021.
The 3,676-metre-high Mount Semeru’s threat level is still at alert status amid continuous activities of the volcano. -- BERNAMA
