A new eruption of Mount Merapi, located near the city of Yogyakarta on the island of Java, began around
The beginning of the eruption on March 11th. Video: BPPTKG
Researchers report that lava flowsspread in different directions at a distance of 3 to 7 km from the top of the volcano. The eruption blotted out the sun and covered several villages in falling ash. Local residents are advised to prepare for evacuation in case of increased activity of the volcano. So far, no casualties are known.
One of the lava flows recorded on March 12. Video: BPPTKG
Merapi - a mountain with a height of 2910 m is located 30 km fromthe city of Yogyakarta - the ancient center of Javanese culture and the former capital of the medieval state of Mataram. According to one version, the ancient center was moved in the X-XI centuries to the south of the island of Java due to the devastating earthquake of Merapi.
Now the Yogyakarta agglomeration is home to about2.4 million people, including about a quarter of a million, live less than 10 km from the volcano. Merapi is the most active of over a hundred active volcanoes in Indonesia. Every year there are several small eruptions, and once every 7-10 years - large ones. As a result of the last strong eruption in 2010, 347 people died, and several tens of thousands more were relocated from the danger zone.
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Cover image and photographs of the eruption: BPPTKG