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        "id": 1810878,
        "msgid": "mount-semeru-erupts-ash-column-reaches-1-000-metres-above-summit-1781797901",
        "date": "2026-06-18 22:20:00",
        "title": "Mount Semeru Erupts, Ash Column Reaches 1,000 Metres Above Summit",
        "author": "Reynaldi Andrian Pamungkas",
        "source": "MEDIA_INDONESIA",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Infrastructure",
        "summary": "Mount Semeru in East Java erupted on Thursday evening, sending an ash column 1,000 metres above its peak. The volcano, currently at Level III alert status, has recorded 12 eruptions since early morning, prompting authorities to maintain exclusion zones. Officials have warned of potential pyroclastic flows, lava avalanches, and lahars along specific river valleys.",
        "content": "<p>Mount Semeru, located on the border of Lumajang and Malang regencies\nin East Java, erupted on Thursday evening, with the eruption height\nreaching 1,000 metres above the summit. \u201cAn eruption of Mount Semeru\noccurred at 17:15 WIB, with the observed eruption column height\napproximately 1,000 metres above the peak or 4,676 metres above sea\nlevel,\u201d said Mount Semeru Observation Post officer Mukdas Sofian in a\nwritten report received in Lumajang. According to him, the ash column\nwas observed to be white to grey with thick intensity heading southwest.\nThe eruption was recorded on a seismograph with a maximum amplitude of\n22 mm and a duration of 165 seconds. Based on officer records, Mount\nSemeru, the highest mountain on Java Island, has erupted 12 times since\n05:00 WIB until 17:30 WIB, with eruption heights ranging from 500 metres\nto 1,200 metres above the summit. He explained that the volcanic\nactivity of Mount Semeru is currently at Status Level III (Alert), with\na recommendation that the public not conduct any activities in the\nsoutheastern sector along Besuk Kobokan as far as 13 kilometres from the\nsummit (eruption centre). Beyond that distance, he continued, the public\nshould not conduct activities within 500 metres of the riverbank (river\nborder) along Besuk Kobokan, as there is potential for expansion of\npyroclastic flows and lava flows up to a distance of 17 kilometres from\nthe summit. \u201cThe public is prohibited from conducting activities within\na five-kilometre radius of the crater\/peak of Mount Semeru because it is\nprone to the danger of ejected incandescent rocks,\u201d he said. He urged\nthe public to be aware of the potential for pyroclastic flows, lava\navalanches, and lahars along the river\/valley flows originating at the\nsummit of Mount Semeru. \u201cEspecially along Besuk Kobokan, Besuk Bang,\nBesuk Kembar, and Besuk Sat, as well as the potential for lahars in\nsmall rivers that are tributaries of Besuk Kobokan,\u201d said Mukdas.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/mount-semeru-erupts-ash-column-reaches-1-000-metres-above-summit-1781797901",
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