{"id":15233,"date":"2026-04-09T12:33:33","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T07:03:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=15233"},"modified":"2026-04-10T11:51:05","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T06:21:05","slug":"mt-semeru-volcano","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/mt-semeru-volcano\/","title":{"rendered":"Mount Semeru"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Mount Semeru Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently,\u00a0 Mount Semeru in Indonesia erupted multiple times and sent thick columns of ash up to 1,100 metres above its summit.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Mount Semeru<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Location:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is located in <\/span><b>East Java, Indonesia.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is one <\/span><b>of the most active volcanoes<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Indonesia.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is <\/span><b>positioned within a subduction zone,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> where the Indo-Australian plate subducts beneath the Eurasia plate.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At 3,676 metres (12,060 feet), it is the highest peak on Java Island and sits on the Pacific \u201cRing of Fire\u201d.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It lies at the southern end of a volcanic massif extending north to the <\/span><b>Tengger caldera.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Summit topography is complicated by the shifting of craters from NW to SE.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Semeru, also known as Mahameru<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, has erupted numerous times in the past 200 years.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is known for its regular ash explosions that typically occur at intervals of 10-30 minutes.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is part of <\/span><b>the Pacific Ring of Fire,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> where the meeting of continental plates causes high volcanic and seismic activity.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source:<\/b> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalheraldindia.com\/amp\/story\/international\/indonesias-mount-semeru-erupts-repeatedly-sending-ash-1100-metres-into-sky\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">NH<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mount Semeru is located in East Java, Indonesia. 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