Merapi Eruption

Since the established status of Merapi to be “Alert” on 25 October 2010, all residents who lived in a radius of 10 km from the peak were evacuated. Obviously the first eruption occurred at around 17:02 on 26 October. At least the eruption going up to three times. eruptions spewing Material volcanic as high as approximately 1.5 km and is accompanied by the release of heat clouds which swept Kaliadem, Kepuharjo Village, District Cangkringan, Sleman. And taken the lives of 43 people, plus a baby from Magelang who died because of respiratory problems.

Since then began to vomit hot clouds occur irregularly. Starting 28 October , Mount Merapi spewed lava that appeared almost simultaneously with the discharge of hot clouds at 19:54 pm. Next start hotspots silence was observed at the peak on 1 November , marking a new phase that the magma has reached the pit crater.

Explosive eruptions preceded a major eruption on the morning of Thursday, 4 November 2010, resulting in column 4 km-high clouds and bursts of hot clouds in different directions at the foot of Merapi. Furthermore, since about three o'clock noon eruption that never stopped until the evening and reached its peak in the early hours Friday, 5 November 2010. Towards midnight, a radius danger to all the places enlarged to 20 km from the Peak. This eruption sequence and a roar audible until the city of Yogyakarta which is about 27 km from the Peak, Magelang, and the center of Wonosobo regency, a distance of 50 km. gravel and sand rain reach the city of Yogyakarta to the north, while the thick volcanic ash rains swept through Purwokerto and Cilacap. At noon, volcanic ash is known to have reached Tasikmalaya, Bandung, and Bogor.

Strong eruption on 5 November followed by a high activity for about a week, before then there was a slight decrease in activity, but the security status remains "Beware". On 15 November 2010 to limit the danger radius of Magelang Regency was reduced to 15 km and to two other districts of Central Java to 10 km. Just for the Sleman Regency is still enforced 20 km radius of danger.