Indonesia's Mount Sinabung volcano spews ash into sky

By Angie Teo

 

Mount Sinabung volcano erupts as seen from Kuta Rakyat village in Karo, North Sumatra Province, Indonesia March 2, 2021, in this photo taken by Antara Foto. Antara Foto/Sastrawan Ginting/via Reuters

 

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia's Mount Sinabung volcano sent a cloud of hot ash as high as 5 km (3.1 miles) on Tuesday, in its first big eruption since August last year, the country's volcanology centre said.

 

Mount Sinabung's activity has increased since last year and the alert for the volcano in North Sumatra province has been placed at the second-highest level.

 

No casualties were reported, but an official had earlier urged people to stay at least 3 km from the crater, Indonesia's Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation Centre said.

 

Videos on social media showed little panic among residents over the eruption, which sent a column of white ash into the blue sky.

 

 

Indonesia's Mount Sinabung volcano sent a cloud of hot ash as high as 3.1 miles in its first big eruption since August last year, the country's volcanology center said.

 

 

Wirda Br Sitepu, a 20-year-old resident, told Reuters that the situation had calmed and said "the mountain is not erupting, and the ash has decreased."

 

Indonesia straddles the so-called "Pacific Ring of Fire", a highly seismically active zone, where different plates on the earth's crust meet and create a large number of earthquakes and volcanoes.

 

Indonesia has nearly 130 active volcanoes, more than any other country.

 

Sinabung had been inactive for centuries before it erupted again in 2010.

 

(Editing by Martin Petty and Ed Davies)

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2021-03-03

 

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Scary stuff. 

You just know they will vaccinate Thailand and then close it again for nearby volcano interruption !

How long before the Thai government blame the air polution on Mount Sinabung rather than more local influences?

 

7 hours ago, Damrongsak said:

Scary stuff. 

If one chooses to reside under a volcano yes.. I'd agree.

But life is about choices.

Little scary to think of the super-volcano that the scientists are quite sure is hiding underneath Indonesia...????

A troll post has been removed. 

volcanic eruption is occurring all over the world as well as increased earthquake activity, the shift is on..

Well another eruption, and I wonder how much carbon it sent into the air?

  Any real scientists around to make a ball park calculation?

  Geezer