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A rumbling volcano on Indonesia’s Sumatra island unleashed an avalanche of searing gas clouds down its slopes during an eruption on Thursday. Mount Sinabung in North Sumatra province was ...
Sinabung is one of 34 active volcanoes in Sumatra, which straddles the "Pacific Ring of Fire". [27] On 11 November 2013, a pyroclastic flow, a fast-moving avalanche of ash, lava fragments and air, was seen racing down the peak. [27] Since the eruption, Mount Sinabung has been very active in terms of having explosions of ash up to 2 times a day ...
Nonchalant villagers in Tiga Pancur, Karo watched Mount Sinabung continue to erupt on August 17. Footage shows the relaxed villagers have drinks while the thick plumes of ash are seen spewing from ...
Mount Sinabung [45] Indonesia 2013-2019 16.8 23 Mount Sinabung's eruptions caused many pyroclastic flows, one resulting in the loss of 16 lives. [46] An eruption on May 22, 2016, resulted in the loss of 7 lives. [47] 4 Nabro [48] Eritrea 2011 18 0.47 [49] 31 [50] 2011 Nabro eruption: 5 Cordón Caulle [51] Chile 2011-2012 14 0.75–1.3 [52]
In this long-exposure photo by Binsar Bakkara, hot lava flows from the crater of Mount Sinabung as seen from a location about 6 kilometers (3.7 miles) from the volcano, in Tiga Kicat, in Indonesia ...
Eruption Source(s) 71,000 to 250,100+ Mount Tambora: 7 Indonesia: 1815 1815 eruption of Mount Tambora, Year Without a Summer: 36,000+ Krakatoa: 6 Indonesia: 1883 1883 eruption of Krakatoa: 30,000 Mount Pelée: 4 Martinique: 1902 1902 eruption of Mount Pelée: 23,000 Nevado del Ruiz: 3 Colombia: 1985 Armero tragedy: 20,000~ (estimated) Santorini ...
It has been conjectured that the earthquake and tsunami event of 26 December 2004 could trigger eruptions, with Mount Sinabung (dormant since the 1600s) erupting in 2010 as a possible example. [6] The word for Mount in Indonesian and many regional languages of the country is Gunung. Thus, Mount Merapi may be referred to as Gunung Merapi.
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