On its official twitter account, the BPPTKG recorded nine lava falls between 00.00 and 6 a.m. local time on that day.
The distance that the lava slid could not be observed, as haze shrouded the volcano. According to seismic data, the duration of the lava falls was 14 to 36 seconds.
During its observation of the volcano`s activity during Friday, the BPPTKG recorded a total of 28 tremors, with amplitude of between three and 55 millimeters for 11.3 to 88.5 seconds and one low-frequency tremor, with amplitude of three millimeters for 15.2 seconds.
Based on the morphological analysis of the volcano`s lava dome released by the BPPTKG, the volume of lava falls reached 439 thousand cubic meters, with growth rate of 3,400 cubic meters per day, lower than that of the previous week.
The lava dome is still stable, with low growth rate, averaging less than 20 thousand cubic meters per day.
The BPPTKG continues to maintain the alert status of the volcano at level II (caution) of the four-tiered Indonesia volcano alert system.
The agency also called on local residents to not conduct activities within a three-kilometer radius of the volcano`s peak.
Reporting by Luqman Hakim, Suharto
Reporter: Antara
Editor: Fardah Assegaf
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