<h1 class="ql-align-center"><strong style="color: rgb(230, 0, 0);">Mount Merapi&nbsp;</strong></h1><p class="ql-align-center"><br></p><h3><strong>Context&nbsp;</strong></h3><ul><li class="ql-indent-1">Recently, <strong>Mount Merapi</strong> erupted with avalanches of searing gas clouds and lava, forcing concerned national authorities to halt tourism and mining activities</li></ul><h3><strong>About&nbsp;</strong></h3><ul><li class="ql-indent-1">Mount Merapi is an <strong>active stratovolcano</strong> located on the border between Central Java and Yogyakarta provinces,Indonesia.&nbsp;</li><li class="ql-indent-1">It is the <strong>most active volcano in Indonesia</strong> and has erupted regularly since 1548.</li><li class="ql-indent-1">Merapi is the youngest in a group of volcanoes in southern Java.</li><li class="ql-indent-1">It is situated at a <strong>subduction zone, where the Indo-Australian Plate</strong> is subducting under the Sunda Plate.</li></ul><h3><strong>Why do more volcanoes occur in Indonesia?</strong></h3><ul><li class="ql-indent-1"><strong>Indonesia</strong>, with the maximum number of active volcanoes in the world, is prone to seismic upheaval due to its location on the Pacific’s Ring of Fire.</li><li class="ql-indent-1">It consists of over 17,000 islands and islets — and nearly 130 active volcanoes.</li><li class="ql-indent-1">The abundance of volcanoes and earthquakes along the <strong>Ring of Fire</strong> is caused by the amount of movement of tectonic plates in the area.</li></ul><p class="ql-align-center"><br></p><h1 class="ql-align-center"><strong>PRELIMS NOTES:</strong><a href="https://www.sunyaias.com/subscription-details/prelims-2023-sunya-notes-current-affairs" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);"><strong>CLICK HERE</strong></a></h1>