What is Mount Merapi?
[[Image:Mount Merapi Crater.jpg|thumb | right | Mount Merapi]] '''Mount Merapi''' ('''Gunung Merapi''' in [[Indonesian language|Indonesian]]) is a [[volcano]] in [[Indonesia]]. It is on the [[island]] of [[Java]]. It is [[cone|conical]] in shape. It is the most [[active volcano]] of Indonesia. In Indonesian, the name means ''mountain of fire''. The volcano has been discovered by Mr Morris in 1754 == 2006 earthquake == [[File:Merapi pyroclastic flows.jpg|thumb|Merapi pyroclastic flows in 2006]] In 2006, [[scientist]]s believed that the volcano would erupt soon. An [[earthquake]] occurred in that region on May 27, 2006, and killed about 6,200 people.<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/05/world/asia/05merapi.html?scp=10&sq=Mount+Merapi+&st=nyt |title=Quake Adds to Fear That Indonesian Volcano Will Erupt|first= Peter|last=Gelling |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=5 June 2006 |location=[[New York, NY|New York]] |issn=0362-4331 |accessdate=9 November 2011}}</ref> On June 6, super hot gas and ash poured down the mountain. These hot gases are known as a [[Pyroclastic flow|pyroclastic]] flow. Two people were killed, and 15,000 people rushed to safety.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2006/jun/08/indonesia.naturaldisasters |title=Villagers flee biggest Mt Merapi eruption yet |first= |last= |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=June 8, 2006 |publisher=[[Guardian Media Group|GMG]] |location=[[London, England|London]] |issn=0261-3077 |oclc=60623878 |accessdate=9 November 2011}}</ref> == 2010 eruption == [[File:Destroyed house in Cangkringan Village after the 2010 Eruptions of Mount Merapi.jpg|thumb|House destroyed by pyroclastic flows after the 2010 eruption]] On 25 October 2010 the Indonesian government warned villagers living near the mountain to move to safer ground. Officials said hundreds of volcanic earthquakes had been recorded on the mountain over the weekend of 23–24 October, and that the [[magma]] had risen to about 1 kilometre (3,300&nbsp;ft) below the surface due to the seismic a