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Mount Sinabung
Mount Sinabung is an active volcano located in the Sumatra Island of Indonesia. It is a 2,600 m volcano was previously dormant for a period of 40 years before it erupted in 2010 and killed 2 people. It had again erupted in 2014 and 2016. Indonesia has over 120 active volcanoes. Recently, Mount Sinabung spewed ..
..Read MoreIndonesia’s Mount Sinabung erupts ashes
Mount Sinabung on Sumatra Island in Indonesia erupted on August 10, firing ash and volcanic materials as high as 5000 meters into the sky. It was the second eruption of the volcano in as many days. There was no fatality or casualty reported due to this eruption of the volcano. The aftermath of the Eruption ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2020
Category: International / World Current Affairs
Topics: Active Volcano • Indonesia • Mount Sinabung • Pacific Ring of Fire
Mount Sinabung erupted for around 9 minutes on June 9 & send clouds of volcanic ash 7 km into sky
Mount Sinabung, on the island of Sumatra, erupted for around 9 minutes on June 9 & send clouds of volcanic ash 7 km into the sky. The volcano has seen a spike in activity since its last major eruption in 2010. Mount Sinabung, which is 2,460m (8,071 ft) high, is among Indonesia’s most active volcanoes, ..
Topics: Igneous petrology • Mount Agung • Mount Sinabung • Plate tectonics • Sunda Arc • Volcanoes • Volcanology