Mount Merapi belches lava up to 1.5 kilometers on Tuesday 16th February 2021 Documentation - Mt Merapi spewed red hot lava seen from Wonorejo, Hargobinangun, Pakem, Sleman, Yogyakarta, Monday (Jan 18, 2021). (ANTARA FOTO/Andreas Fitri Atmoko/wsj/aa) Yogyakarta (ANTARA) - Mount Merapi, straddling Central Java and Yogyakarta provinces, spewed red hot lava 12 times, with a maximum glide distance of 1.5 kilometers in the southwesterly direction between midnight and 6 a.m. local time on Tuesday. During the time when the volcano erupted, 38 earthquake avalanches were recorded, with an amplitude of 3-24 mm for a duration of 12.8-96.8 seconds and a multi-phase earthquake, with an amplitude of 3 mm for nine seconds, Head of the Geological Disaster Research and Technology Development Center (BPPTKG) Hanik Humaida noted in a written statement released on Tuesday.