The Jakarta Post | Mon, 03/09/2009 8:52 PM
The Volcanology and Geological Disaster Mitigation Center has increased the status of Mount Semeru in Lamongan to alert status following its frequent eruptions in the past one month, tempointeraktif.com reported Monday.
Head of the center Surono said that his office had recorded a volcanic quake three times since Friday and had yet to show any decreasing activities so far.
“We have suspected that the quake indicated the moving of magma from the bottom of the mountain to the upper ground,” he said in Bandung.
He said that the mountain had erupted 42 times and 63 times on Saturday and Sunday, respectively.
“Between 00:00 and 06:00 a.m, the mountain erupted for 18 times,” he said.
He said that his office had warned all visitors and sand miners to temporarily stop their activities in case of any lava rain pouring down the area. (ewd)
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