Jakarta, Sept. 27 -- Increased seismic activity has been detected at Mount Merapi, which remains at Level III (Alert), according to Indonesia's National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB).

BNPB spokesperson Abdul Muhari said on Saturday that the finding aligns with an analysis by the Geological Disaster Technology Research and Development Center (BPPTKG) in Yogyakarta.

Between September 19 and 25, BPPTKG recorded 81 shallow volcanic earthquakes, 644 multiphase quakes, 520 avalanche quakes, and nine tectonic quakes.

"This seismicity data is higher than the previous week, indicating a dynamic magma supply within the volcano," Muhari said.

He noted that deformation monitoring using Electronic Distance Measurement (EDM) and GPS devices sho...