Warning! Mount Semeru Erupts Again This Morning (Saturday, November 16, 2024)

Mount Semeru in East Java erupted again on Saturday, November 16, 2024, at 7:24 AM WIB (Western Indonesian Time). In the last week, Mount Semeru has erupted 40 times.

According to eruption information from the Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) via the MAGMA Indonesia application, the ash column height was observed to reach 700 meters above the peak or 4,376 meters above sea level.

The ash column was observed to be white to gray with moderate intensity towards the southwest. The eruption of Mount Semeru was still ongoing at the time of this report.

According to the MAGMA Indonesia volcano activity report, the activity level of Mount Semeru is at Level II (Alert). Seismic observations on November 16, 2024, from 00:00 to 23:59 WIB, showed 99 eruption quakes with amplitudes of 10-23 millimeters and durations of 55-187 seconds.

Furthermore, there were 5 rockfall quakes with amplitudes of 2-4 mm and durations of 28-70 seconds, and 9 emission quakes with amplitudes of 2-6 millimeters and durations of 16-99 seconds.

The PVMBG advises against any activity in the southeast sector along Besuk Kobokan, up to 13 kilometers from the peak (eruption center). Outside this distance, the public should not conduct activities within 500 meters of the riverbank (river buffer zone) along Besuk Kobokan due to the potential for pyroclastic flow and lahar flows extending up to 17 kilometers from the peak.

During 2024, MAGMA Indonesia recorded 5,153 volcanic eruptions/eruptions throughout Indonesia. Mount Ibu in North Maluku had the most eruptions (2,070 eruptions), while Mount Semeru erupted 1,755 times.