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What are facts about merapi?

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Anonymous

14y ago
Updated: 7/27/2023

Mt. Merapi is located in Indonesia, Asia. Latitude is

7.5333° S, and the longitude is 110.4333° E. Mt. Merapi is on the Northern hemisphere

and is located on the Sudan Plate. Mt. Merapi is conical in shape. Mt. Merapi is the most active volcano in Indonesia. There is smoke coming out of Mt. Merapi 360 days a year. The name Merapi means Fire Mountain. On May 27 2006 Mt. Merapi erupted and killed 5,000 people and leaving 200,000 homeless. In 2010 500 hundred of people that didn’t evacuate lived 353 died. The eruption lasted for and entire week. In 1930 1,369 deaths. An eruption occurs every 1-5 years. Merapi has been active for over 10,000 years. In 1883 Mt. Merapi killed the most people it every has: 36,000 people. It has been said that the noise of the eruption can be heard in Australia.

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Jeremy Dooley

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1y ago

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