It spewed clouds of ash and gas 5 km into the sky for more than an hour on Friday November 5, 2010, its biggest eruption so far in the past 10 days. The latest series of eruptions began last Tuesday. It has produced more pyroclastic flows than any other volcano in the world. It has been active for 10,000 years.
Here are the dangerous years where Mount Merapi erupted visiously :
2010, 2007, 2006, 2001-02, 1992-98, 1972-90, 1971, 1967-69, 1961, 1953-58, 1948-49, 1944-45, 1942-43, 1939-40, 1933-35, 1930-31, 1924, 1923, 1922, 1920-21, 1918, 1915, 1909-13, 1908, 1906-07, 1905, 1902-04, 1902, 1897, 1894, 1893, 1891, 1889, 1888, ?1885, 1883-84, 1878-79, 1872-73, 1872, 1869, 1865-67, 1862-64, ?1854, 1849, ?1848, 1846-47, 1846, 1840, 1837-38, 1832-35, 1828, 1822-23, 1820-22, 1812-13, 1810, 1807, 1797, 1786, 1755, 1752, 1745, 1678, 1677, 1672, 1663, 1658, 1587, 1584, 1560, 1554, 1548, 7630 BC.
So far the 2010 eruption is the biggest since 1870. Some big explosions believed had buried both The Biggest Buddhist Temple in the world The Borobudur as well as the Mystical Temple of Prambanan as well located about 50 km from the volcano.
