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Indonesia's Volcano Mount Sinabung Erupts | #Geology #GeologyPage #Volcanoes #MountSinabung #Indonesia
Mount Sinabung on Indonesia's Sumatra island erupted on Monday "August 10, 2020", firing ash and other volcanic materials as high as 5,000 meters (16,400 feet) into the sky. It was the second eruption since Saturday.
"The sound was like thunder, it lasted for less than 30 seconds," resident Rachrur Rozi Pasi told Reuters.
Indonesia's Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation Center said there were no reported fatalities or injuries from the eruption. But it did say that people should stay at least 5 kilometers (3.1 miles) away from the crater's mouth.
Mount Sinabung is one of more than 120 active volcanoes in Indonesia, which is prone to seismic activity on the Pacific "Ring of Fire," a ring of volcanoes and moving fault lines that surround the ocean.
Mount Sinabung had been inactive for centuries until it erupted again in 2010. It has been active ever since, occasionally erupting.
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Indonesia's Volcano Mount Sinabung Erupts | #Geology #GeologyPage #Volcanoes #MountSinabung #Indonesia
Mount Sinabung on Indonesia's Sumatra island erupted on Monday "August 10, 2020", firing ash and other volcanic materials as high as 5,000 meters (16,400 feet) into the sky. It was the second eruption since Saturday.
"The sound was like thunder, it lasted for less than 30 seconds," resident Rachrur Rozi Pasi told Reuters.
Indonesia's Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation Center said there were no reported fatalities or injuries from the eruption. But it did say that people should stay at least 5 kilometers (3.1 miles) away from the crater's mouth.
Mount Sinabung is one of more than 120 active volcanoes in Indonesia, which is prone to seismic activity on the Pacific "Ring of Fire," a ring of volcanoes and moving fault lines that surround the ocean.
Mount Sinabung had been inactive for centuries until it erupted again in 2010. It has been active ever since, occasionally erupting.
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