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Why Indonesia has a lot of mountains? - Travel to mountains of fire

Numerous volcanoes in Indonesia remains active as in previous years. Meanwhile, Mount Merapi in Yogyakarta, which has erupted in a deadly, was asleep during the indeterminate and unpredictable time.

As well as several mountain, Sinabung, Krakatau, Kelud, Bromo, Merbabu, Sumbing, Sindoro, Semeru, and Rinjani, seems are not volatile. However, latest information, Mount Slamet in Central Java is still showing activeness.

Indonesia's volcanoes are often noted for the beauty of reviews their spectacular peaks, steaming craters and view of the earth's core bubbling, Mount Merapi, the country's most active volcano, took center stage this past October as a clear reminder of Reviews their deadly activity. Many of Indonesia's volcanoes do erupt, sometimes with shocking Consequences.
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One of the most beautiful mount in the Java, Slamet, reportedly have increased seismicity. The increase of the status of the mountain will certainly make people who wants to travel there undisturbed. In the meantime they who like the travel world had to postpone the trip and adventure to the mountain

Slamet mount ride alert status, 4 KM vacated, said Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, Head of Data Information and Public Relations BNPB on Tuesday night.

An increase in seismicity, hot water temperature and visually observed effuse eruption of lava bursts and glide up to 1.5 km to the southwest and accompanied by the sound boom of Mount Slamet, then starting on Tuesday (12-8-2014) at 10: 00 pm the status of Mount Slamet raised to Alert (level III) from the previous Alert (level II).

The increase is determined by the status PVMBG Geological Agency, and has been reported to the Head of BNPB, BPBDs BPBDs Central Java and the surrounding counties. It is recommended that community, hikers, and tourists and all who want to travel to are not allowed to move within a radius of 4 km from the crater.

Since 1-12 August 2014 there have been 478 times the seismic eruption or 43 times per day, 5,070 times the blast or earthquake average of 456 events per day. Temperatures in spring Sicaya also showed an increase, measured from 61.7 to 62.3 degrees Celsius.

The potential danger of eruption at a radius of 4 km from the center of eruption, generating ash to lapilli-sized material (measuring 1-4 cm), a burst of incandescent rock, ash and heavy rain. While the volcanic ash material can reach a distance of 10 miles or more depending on the wind direction. The eruption produced a lava flow and awanpanas potentially occur at a radius of 4 km.

Why Indonesia has a lot of mountains? BBC Travel had ever reported that due to Indonesia's placement on a significant segment of the Pacific "Ring of Fire", two large crustal plates (the Indian Ocean and western Pacific) are forced under the massive Eurasian plate, where they melt, approximately 100km beneath the surface. Some of the magma rises and erupts, forming the string of volcanic islands across Indonesia.

In his review entitled Indonesia's mountains of fire, published on 2010, the article complete with talking about the Krakatau mountain, Kerinci, Kawah ijen, Gunung Agung and Bromo.

The article said that with tectonic activity comes devastating earthquakes and tsunamis, such as those of Boxing Day 2004, off Java in July 2006 and Sumatra in 2009, and just recently around the surfer's paradise of the Mentawai Islands.

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