Mount Sinabung eruption - June 2015

[Astronuc]

Mount Sinabung, one of about 130 active volcanoes in Indonesia, has been at the highest alert level for nearly two weeks. On Tuesday, at least 48 avalanches of hot ash barreled down its slopes, with the biggest reaching 2.5 kilometers (1.5 miles) southeastward. The volcano in northern Sumatra, one of Indonesia's main islands, has also been shooting smoke and ash more than 700 meters (2,300 feet) into the air.

http://news.yahoo.com/thousands-indonesians-refuse-leave-volcano-danger-zone-091348000.html

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-33139538

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-06-...-indonesia-as-sinabung-volcano-erupts/6548288

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/pic...10614667/Mount-Sinabungs-deadly-eruption.html

Sinabung is located in Karo Regency on the island of Sumatra in the Indonesian archipelago. Sinabung resides NE of the closest margin of Toba caldera, the largest volcano of this type known on Earth. The elongate caldera contains a lake 100 km long. The central portion of the lake is occupied by a prominent island (a classic resurgent dome).

http://www.volcano.si.edu/volcano.cfm?vn=261080

The volcano was dormant for 400 years before erupting in 2010.
http://www.reuters.com/news/picture/the-eruptions-of-mount-sinabung?articleId=USRTR4VQIP

It's probably a good time to move away.

 

[1oldman2]

It's probably a good time to move away.

Now more than ever, Doesn't look like Sinabung is finished.
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2016/0...rupts-in-western-indonesia.html?intcmp=hplnws

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-36352501

 

[nsaspook]

 

[davenn]

WOW
significant eruption

@nsaspook thanks for posting