Merapi volcano (Java, Indonesia): pyroclastic flow this morning

The active lava dome continues to grow slowly and produce incandescent rockfalls through the gap in the southwestern crater wall. Small avalanches from these events continue to travel down the upper Krasak drainage channel. ... Read all

BPPTKG reported that the “2021 lava dome” continued to emerge just below Merapi's SW rim during 8-14 January, producing a total of 128 incandescent lava avalanches that traveled as far as 900 m down the Krasak River drainage on the SW flank. A comparison of photos taken on 7 and 14 January showed that the morphological changes in the summit area were attributed to the emergence of new lava domes. The 2021 dome volume was an estimated 46,766 cubic meters on 14 January, with a growth rate of about 8,500 cubic meters per day. ... Read all