Are there any signs that indicated the volcano will stop erupting any time soon?
“There are times when there are clear symptoms as to when a volcano will stop, but it is hard to know in this case because the volcano’s behavior changes hour to hour and week to week,” Wunderman said. “Some general signals that we go by are if the volcano is puffing and if earthquakes have become feeble or returned to their background levels (their usual state during times of inactivity for the volcano). In addition, with Merapi, the dome is there and eruptions can further build up that dome and resettlement of that dome can cause pieces to break off and fall.
