Indonesia’s Mount Merapi volcano erupts.

January 28 2021.

Introduction:

Indonesia’s Mount Merapi volcano on Java island erupted, sending up a cloud of ash and fear of river of lava flowing down the slopes.

The 2,963 meter (9,721 feet) high Merapi is one of Indonesia’s most active volcanoes and is already on the country’s second highest alert level.
This was the biggest lava flow of the Mount Merapi.
Sound of eruption was heard 30 kilometers away.
The last major eruption of the Merapi was in 2010 that had killed 347 people.

The Mount Merapi is the Fire Mountain in Indonesia and Java.
It is an active stratovolcano that is located on the border between the Central Java and Yogyakarta provinces, Indonesia.
It is considered as the most active volcano in Indonesia and is erupted regularly since 1548.
It is the youngest group of volcanoes in southern Java that is situated at a subduction zone of the Indo-Australian Plate and Sunda Plate.
At this subduction zone, the Indo-Australian Plate subducts under the Sunda Plate.

The region sits around rim of the Pacific Ocean which is prone to volcanic eruptions and earthquakes.
It is a horseshoe-shaped belt which is about 40,000 km in length.
It includes the Pacific coasts of South America, North America and Kamchatka apart from the western Pacific Ocean areas.

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