YOGYAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - Mount Merapi, on the border of Central Java and Yogyakarta, emitted 11 incandescent lava avalanches, with a sliding distance of 1,200 meters on Thursday, March 16, the Research and Development Center for Geological Disaster Technology (BPPTKG) said.
Head of BPPTKG Agus Budi Santoso said that based on observations from 00:00 to 06:00 local time. "We observed 11 incandescent lava avalanches, with a sliding distance of 1,200 meters to the southwest," he said in a statement on Thursday, March 16.
During the observation period, Mount Merapi also experienced 16 earthquakes, with an amplitude of 4-35 mm for 24.4-166.8 seconds; seven multi-phase earthquakes having an amplitude of 3-6 mm for 5-7.6 seconds; one shallow volcanic earthquake, with an amplitude of 62 mm for 8.3 seconds; and one deep volcanic earthquake, with an amplitude of 6 mm for 11.7 seconds, Santoso said.
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Thick crater smoke above the peak of Mount Merapi was also visible during the observation, he added.
Source: State News Antara