Residents rode motorcycles on the rural roads of the slopes of Mount Merapi, Stabelan, Tlogolele, Selo, Central Java, May 22, 2018. A total of 362 residents of Stabelan evacuated on Monday (21/5) night due to Merapi eruption at 17.50 Wib.
Mount Merapi erupted again on Thursday, May 24, 2018 at 2:56 am this morning. "Merapi eruption at 02:56 pm with 6000 meters high column for 4 minutes and heard from all observation posts," wrote the official Twitter account of the Institute for Research and Development of Geological Technology Geology, this day.
Mount Merapi in the past week has experienced several times phreatic eruption. Two phreatic eruptions occurred on Wednesday, May 23, 2018, each at 3:31 pm which occurred for four minutes with a 2,000 meter eruption column and at 13.49 WIB which occurred for two minutes, but the height of the column was not visible due to fog.
Institute for Research and Development of Geological Geology Technology estimates the behavior of Mount Merapi which experienced many phreatic eruptions in recent days almost the same as the behavior of the mountain pascaletusan big in 1872.
"The current condition is similar to the big pascaletusan 1872 condition and the big eruption around 1930. Lastly, Mount Merapimengalami big eruption in 2010," said Head of Mount Merapi Section of Research and Development Geological Geological Technology (BPPTKG) Agus Budi Santoso as quoted Antara, in Yogyakarta , Wednesday, May 23, 2018.
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