Indonesia's Mount Semeru erupts on Wednesday, spewing 800m ash column


LUMAJANG, East Java (Bernama-ANTARA): Mount Semeru, located on the border of Lumajang and Malang Districts in East Java, Indonesia, spewed another eruption with an ash column reaching 800 metres into the sky on Wednesday morning, reported ANTARA news agency.

"Mount Semeru erupted on Wednesday, at 7.21 am local time. The eruption column was observed to be approximately 800 metres above the summit, or 4,476 metres above sea level," an officer at the Mount Semeru Observation Post, Sigit Rian Alfian, informed in a report on Wednesday.

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