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Recent Eruption of Mount Marapi in Indonesia

Recent Eruption of Mount Marapi in Indonesia

PWOnlyIAS

January 15, 2024

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Mount Marapi on the Indonesian island of Sumatra erupted recently.

Mount Marapi: The Blazing Peak in West Sumatra’s Padang Highlands

  • Mount Marapi means “Mountain of Fire ” .
  • Location: It is situated in the  Padang Highlands of  West Sumatra, Indonesia.
  • Mountain type: Complex Volcano and is a  part of the Ring of Fire (a long, horseshoe-shaped, seismically active belt that rings the Pacific Ocean.)

Indonesia: Prone to volcanic Eruptions.

  • Indonesia is one of the equatorial countries located in the Pacific Ring of Fire (It is a horseshoe shaped area of approximately 40,000 km (25,000 miles) from South America to North America through the Bering Strait, Japan up to New Zealand)
  • Along the Ring of Fire,  75% of the total 452 volcanoes are active in nature, with Indonesia possessing 76 active volcanoes alone spread along the islands of Sumatra, Java, Celebes, and Lesser Sunda making it the country having the most active volcanoes in the world.

Mount Marapi

Additional Information: Volcano Eruption in Iceland

News Source: NDTV

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