Mount Semeru Erupts Again This Evening (Wednesday, December 25, 2024)

Mount Semeru in East Java erupted again on Wednesday, December 25, 2024, at 3:01 PM WIB. In the last week, Mount Semeru has erupted 35 times.

According to eruption information from the Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) via the MAGMA Indonesia application, the height of the ash column was observed to reach None meters above the peak (None meters above sea level).

The visual eruption was not observed. The eruption was recorded on the seismograph with a maximum amplitude of 22 millimeters and a duration of 114 seconds.

According to the MAGMA Indonesia volcano activity report, the activity level of Mount Semeru is at Level II (Alert). Observations of seismic activity on December 25, 2024, from 00.00 to 23.59 WIB showed 55 eruption quakes with amplitudes of 11-22 millimeters and durations of 60-157 seconds.

Then, there were 2 rockfall quakes with amplitudes of 7-8 mm and durations of 59-72 seconds, and 14 emission quakes with amplitudes of 3-8 millimeters and durations of 37-73 seconds.

PVMBG advises against any activity in the southeast sector along Besuk Kobokan, up to 8 kilometers from the peak (eruption center). Outside this distance, people should not carry out 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 13 kilometers from the peak.

During 2024, MAGMA Indonesia recorded 6,085 volcanic eruptions/eruptions throughout Indonesia. Mount Ibu in North Maluku had the most eruptions (2,507 eruptions), while Mount Semeru erupted 2,184 times.