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MT.MERAPI
- Merapi (Mountain of Fire) is the most active of Indonesia’s 130 active volcanoes. It rises to 2,911 metres and has steep slopes with dense vegetation on its lower sides.
- It is located near the centre of the island of Java and Indonesia’s.Mt Merapi’s last significant eruption was in 2010.
ERUPTED
- Mount Merapi, an active volcano in Indonesia, erupted twice on Sunday, sending clouds of ash 6 kilometers (4 miles) into the sky, Indonesia’s geological agency reported.
- The eruptions caused gray ash to rain down on some of the villages on the slopes of the 2,930-meter high volcano near Indonesia’s cultural capital, Yogyakarta.
The two eruptions lasted around seven minutes. No injuries or fatalities were reported. The volcano last erupted in March.
DEADLY PAST
- Mount Merapi’s last significant eruption was in 2010. At the time, more than 300 people were killed and some 280,000 residents were forced to evacuate the surrounding areas.
- An eruption in 1994 killed around 60 people and another in 1930 killed around 1,300.
- Indonesia is located on the Ring of Fire, a vast area around the Pacific Ocean where many tectonic plates meet. It consists of over 17,000 islands and islets — and nearly 130 active volcanoes
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