Warning! Mount Semeru Erupts Again This Afternoon (Saturday, November 23, 2024)

Mount Semeru in East Java erupted again on Saturday, November 23, 2024, at 1:34 PM WIB. In the last week, Mount Semeru has erupted 50 times.

Based on 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 or None meters above sea level.

The visual eruption was not observed. The eruption was recorded on a seismograph with a maximum amplitude of 21 millimeters and a duration of 106 seconds.

According to the MAGMA Indonesia volcano activity report, Mount Semeru's activity level is at Level II (Alert). Observations of seismic activity on November 23, 2024, from 00.00 to 23.59 WIB showed 115 eruption quakes with amplitudes of 10-22 millimeters and durations of 61-148 seconds.

Furthermore, there were 5 rockfall quakes with amplitudes of 3-7 mm and durations of 49-106 seconds, and 21 emission quakes with amplitudes of 3-8 millimeters and durations of 40-66 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 engage in activities within 500 meters of the riverbank (river buffer zone) along Besuk Kobokan due to the potential for pyroclastic flow and lava flows extending up to 13 kilometers from the peak.

During 2024, MAGMA Indonesia recorded 5,342 volcanic eruptions/eruptions throughout Indonesia. Mount Ibu in North Maluku had the most eruptions (2,172 eruptions), while Mount Semeru erupted 1,823 times.