Indonesian National Disaster Agency: Mount Semeru eruption will not trigger tsunami in Japan

　　China News Agency, Jakarta, December 5 (Reporter Lin Yongchuan) Indonesia's National Disaster Relief Agency issued a press release on its official website on the 5th, stating that the eruption of the Semeru volcano in the country will not cause a tsunami in Japan.

　　At 2:46 local time on the 4th, the Mount Semeru volcano in East Java, Indonesia began to erupt violently.

At 12 o'clock, the Indonesian Volcanic and Geological Hazard Mitigation Agency (PVMBG) raised the alert level of Mount Semeru from level 3 to the highest level 4.

　　The volcanic ash column ejected by the volcanic eruption reached a height of 1,500 meters. The authorities issued a notice prohibiting people from approaching the radius of 8 kilometers from the main peak of the volcano, and prohibiting all activities within a radius of 19 kilometers southeast of the volcanic ash.

　　According to Indonesian media reports, from the 4th to the 5th, Mount Semeru erupted 22 times, and the volcanic ash covered many villages.

The disaster relief department set up 11 temporary resettlement sites to accommodate nearly 2,000 local people who were forced to leave their homes.

　　On the day of the volcanic eruption, some media quoted the Japan Meteorological Agency as saying that after the eruption of Mount Semeru, a tsunami may occur in southern Okinawa and is being closely monitored.

　　Indonesia's National Disaster Resilience Agency reported on the 5th that Mount Semeru is a land volcano far enough away from the sea that its eruption of volcanic debris and partial collapse of the volcano is unlikely to reach the sea and will not trigger a tsunami.

　　Muhari, an official of the agency, told the media on the same day that Mount Semeru is located in the south of Java Island, and its volcanic activity affects the south coast of Java Island. to Japan.

Therefore, the news that the eruption of Mount Semeru will trigger a tsunami that will reach Japan is "certainly not true".

　　Mount Semeru is 3,676 meters above sea level and is the highest volcano in Java, Indonesia, and one of the most active volcanoes in the country.

On December 4, 2021, the volcano began a violent eruption that lasted for several days, killing more than 40 people, injuring more than 100 people, and destroying more than 3,000 houses.

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