Indonesia's Sinabung Volcano Erupts 28 July 2021
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Indonesia's Sinabung volcano erupts 28 July 2021 Sinabung, a 2,460-metre (8,070-foot) volcano, was dormant for centuries before roaring back to life in 2010 when an eruption killed two people. It erupted again in 2013 and has remained highly active since. The following year an eruption killed at least 16 people, while seven died in a 2016 blast. Indonesia—an archipelago of more than 17,000 islands—has nearly 130 active volcanoes. It sits on the "Ring of Fire", a belt of tectonic plate boundaries circling the Pacific Ocean where Mount Sinabung erupts in North Sumatra, Indonesia. frequent seismic activity occurs. Indonesia's Mount Sinabung erupted on Wednesday, spewing a massive column of smoke and ash into the sky. The eruption of the volcano in North Sumatra province lasted about 12 minutes, a local geological agency said. "The volcanic material reached 4,500 metres into the air," the head of the agency's Sinabung monitoring post, Armen Putra, told AFP. An image shared by the agency showed a column of thick, dark smoke coming from the crater. The eruption lasted for more than 12 minutes. Clouds of smoke and ash travelled 1,000 metres away from the peak, the agency added. © 2021 AFP No evacuation orders were issued because the debris did not reach the nearest villages and there was no reported disruption to flights in the area. But authorities have instructed people to avoid a five-kilometre zone around the crater that has been left unoccupied for years as volcanic activity increased. 1 / 2 APA citation: Indonesia's Sinabung volcano erupts (2021, July 28) retrieved 27 September 2021 from https://phys.org/news/2021-07-indonesia-sinabung-volcano-erupts.html This document is subject to copyright. Apart from any fair dealing for the purpose of private study or research, no part may be reproduced without the written permission. The content is provided for information purposes only. 2 / 2 Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org).