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Merapi volcano (Central Java, Indonesia) activity update: slowly growing lava dome in summit

Wed, 25 Jul 2012, 10:05 | BY: T
View of the summit crater of Merapi with the slowly growing lava dome at the bottom (photo: Andi / VolcanoDiscovery Indonesia)
View of the summit crater of Merapi with the slowly growing lava dome at the bottom (photo: Andi / VolcanoDiscovery Indonesia)
Our group at the summit of Merapi (photo: Andi / VolcanoDiscovery Indonesia)
Our group at the summit of Merapi (photo: Andi / VolcanoDiscovery Indonesia)
Merapi's lava dome continues to grow slowly inside the summit crater. Our group who climbed the volcano on 14 July could see some glow from its crater rim.

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Tue, 29 May 2012, 10:05

Merapi volcano (Central Java, Indonesia) activity update: slow growth of new lava dome

The new lava dome and red glow on the dome wall from a isolated part of active lava, that is located on the western side of the crater/dome (27 May 2012).
During a recent visit to the crater of Merapi 26-27 May, our friend Øystein from Jakarta could clearly observe a new lava dome that is slowly building up inside a depression of the summit crater. The dome is not very active yet, but has a very small glowing part of lava at the western end. This activity is consistent with the latest data from the Merapi volcano observatory reports on seismic levels at the time. ... Read all
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Merapi volcano
Stratovolcano 2968 m / 9,737 ft
Central Java, Indonesia, -7.54°S / 110.44°E
Current status: erupting (4 out of 5) Merapi volcano eruptions:
1548, 1554, 1560, 1584, 1586(?), 1587, 1658, 1663, 1672, 1678, 1745, 1752, 1755, 1768, 1791, 1797, 1807, 1810, 1812-22, 1822-23, 1828, 1832-36, 1837-38, 1840, 1846, 1848(?), 1849, 1854(?), 1861, 1862-64, 1865-71, 1872 (large vulcanian-subplinian eruption VEI:4) , 1872-73, 1878-79, 1883-84, 1885-87, 1888, 1889, 1891-92, 1893, 1894, 1897, 1902, 1902-04, 1905, 1906-07, 1908, 1909-13, 1915, 1918, 1920-21, 1922, 1923(?), 1924, 1930-31, 1932, 1933-35, 1939-40, 1942-45, 1948, 1953-58, 1961, 1967-1970, 1971(?), 1972-85, 1986-90, 1992-2002, April-July 2006, Oct 2010-2011 Feb, 2018 (May), late 2018 - ongoing
Typical eruption style
Highly explosive. Large Plinian eruption every few 1000 of years (the last ones at about 1000 BP and 2000 BP), sometimes with associated flank collapse. Growth of lava domes, pyroclastic flows.
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