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        "id": 1753184,
        "msgid": "semeru-volcano-eruption-alert-level-iii-1779543041",
        "date": "2026-05-20 22:10:37",
        "title": "Semeru Volcano Eruption: Alert Level III",
        "author": "",
        "source": "ANTARA_ID",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Regulation",
        "summary": "The Geology Agency confirmed Semeru erupted on Wednesday night, generating an ash plume up to about 600 metres above the summit. Semeru is now at Alert Level III (Siaga), with strict prohibitions on activity within certain zones around Besuk Kobokan and river valleys fed by the volcano. Authorities warned of possible pyroclastic flows, lava lahars and ash dispersal up to 17 kilometres from the summit and urged residents to stay away from river edges and within the crater radius.",
        "content": "<p>Bandung (ANTARA) \u2014 The Geology Agency of the Ministry of Energy and\nMineral Resources (ESDM) has announced that Mount Semeru, in East Java,\nerupted on Wednesday night, and the highest volcano status on Java\nIsland is now Level III (Siaga).<\/p>\n<p>Based on data from the Centre for Volcanology and Geological Hazard\nMitigation (PVMBG) of the Geology Agency received in Bandung, Semeru was\nobserved to erupt at 21:27 Western Indonesian Time on Wednesday, with an\nash plume height of approximately 600 m above the summit (approximately\n4,276 m above sea level).<\/p>\n<p>The ash plume appeared white to grey with moderate intensity and\ninclined toward the north. The eruption was recorded on a seismogram\nwith a maximum amplitude of 22 mm and a duration of about 2 minutes 11\nseconds.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe eruption is still ongoing at the time of reporting,\u201d reads\nPVMBG\u2019s statement.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, Semeru is at Alert Level III (Siaga) with a recommendation\nnot to conduct any activity in the southeastern sector along Besuk\nKobokan, up to 13 km from the summit (the eruption centre).<\/p>\n<p>Beyond that distance, the public should not conduct activities within\n500 metres of the river edge (riverbank) along Besuk Kobokan due to\npotential lateral spread of ash clouds and lava flows up to 17 km from\nthe summit.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, there is to be no activity within a 5 km radius of the\ncrater\/summit of Mount Semeru due to the danger of ejecta\n(projectiles).<\/p>\n<p>Then, be vigilant for potential pyroclastic clouds, lava flows, and\nlahars along river valleys that head at the summit of Mount Semeru,\nespecially along Besuk Kobokan, Besuk Bang, Besuk Kembar, and Besuk Sat,\nas well as potential lahars in small rivers that are tributaries of\nBesuk Kobokan.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/semeru-volcano-eruption-alert-level-iii-1779543041",
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