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Indonesia’s Mount Semeru volcano erupts, top alert status triggered

  • December 5, 2022
  • Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
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Indonesia’s Mount Semeru volcano erupts, top alert status triggered

Subject :Geography

In the news-

  • Indonesia’s Mount Semeru erupted Sunday spewing hot ash clouds a mile into the sky and sending rivers of lava down its side, prompting authorities to raise the alert status to the highest level.

Details about the eruption-

  • Located on Indonesia’s main island of Java, around 800 kilometres (500 miles) southeast of the capital, Jakarta.
  • Caused by piles of lava at the tip of the 3,676-metre (12,000 feet) volcano slid down after the eruption.

One year after the last eruption-

  • Mount Semeru last erupted exactly one year ago, killing at least 51 people and damaging more than 5,000 homes.
  • Semeru’s alert status had remained at its second-highest level since its previous major eruption in December 2020, which also forced thousands to flee and left villages covered.

Why volcanic eruption in Indonesia-

  • Indonesia sits on the Pacific Ring of Fire, where the meeting of continental plates causes high volcanic and seismic activity.
  • The Southeast Asian archipelago nation has nearly 130 active volcanoes.
  • A volcano in the strait between Java and Sumatra islands erupted in late 2018, causing an underwater landslide and tsunami that killed more than 400 people.

About Mount Semeru-

  • The Semeru or Mount Semeru is an active volcano located in East Java, Indonesia.
  • It is located in a subduction zone, where the Indo-Australian plate subducts under the Eurasia plate.
  • It is the highest mountain on the island of Java.
  • The name “Semeru” is derived from Meru, the central world mountain in Hinduism, or Sumeru, the abode of gods.
  • This stratovolcano is also known as Mahameru, meaning “The Great Mountain” in Sanskrit.

Geography Indonesia's Mount Semeru volcano erupts

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