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KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 25 (KUNA) -- Indonesia has raised the alert for its most
volatile volcano, Mount Merapi, to its highest level and warned villagers in
threatened areas to move to safer ground.
Officials said activity at the volcano, in central Java, had increased
markedly over the weekend. People living within a 10km about (6 mile) zone
were told to evacuate, the BBC reported Monday.
Mt Merapi last erupted in June 2006, killing two people. Officials said
about 500 volcanic earthquakes had been recorded on the mountain over the
weekend.
The magma has been pushed upwards due to the escalating seismic energy and
it is about a kilometre below the crater. An eruption in 1994 killed 60 local
residents, while about 1,300 people died in a 1930 eruption. (end).
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