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FIELD: Indonesia’s Mount Sinabung erupted Tuesday morning, spewing a huge plume of smoke and ash up to 5,000m into the sky.
The volcano on the island of Sumatra began spewing debris early in the morning, according to a local geological agency, which recorded 13 explosions.
Authorities have ordered residents to avoid a 5 km radius around the crater, an area that has been left unoccupied for years as volcanic activity increased.
No evacuation orders have been issued and no flight disruptions have been reported.
“There is no indication of a potential growing danger,” the agency said in a statement.
Sinabung, a 2,460 m volcano, lay dormant for centuries before coming back to life in 2010 when an eruption killed two people.
After another period of inactivity, it flared up again in 2013 and has been very active ever since.
In 2014, an eruption killed at least 16 people, while seven were killed in a 2016 explosion.
Indonesia, an archipelago of more than 17,000 islands and islets, has nearly 130 active volcanoes.
It sits on the “Ring of Fire”, a belt of tectonic plate boundaries that surround the Pacific Ocean, where frequent seismic activity occurs.
Mount Merapi on the island of Java, one of the world’s most active volcanoes, also erupted this week and emitted lava on Monday. – AFP
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