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Mount Sinabung (Indonesian: Gunung Sinabung, [2] Karo: Deleng Sinabung [3]) is a Pleistocene-to-Holocene stratovolcano of andesite and dacite in the Karo plateau of Karo Regency, North Sumatra, Indonesia, 40 kilometres (25 mi) from the Lake Toba supervolcano.
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
As of 2012, Indonesia has 127 active volcanoes and about 5 million people live within the danger zones. 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]
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]
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: 6 Greece: c. 1600 BC Minoan eruption ...
Mount Sinabung erupted on Monday morning, sending an ash cloud more than 5,000 meters (16,000 feet) towering into the atmosphere.