Mount Sinabung from Indonesia erupted on Tuesday, sending volcanic materials up to 5,000 meters (16,400 feet) into the sky and depositing ash in nearby villages
MEDAN, Indonesia – Indonesia’s Mount Sinabung was erupting on Tuesday, sending volcanic material up to 5,000 meters (16,400 feet) into the sky and depositing ash in nearby villages.
Activity on the volcano in North Sumatra province increased last week, with officials recording 13 times when it released clouds of ash.
There were no further evacuations due to activity and no reports of flight interruptions in the region.
The 2,600-meter Sinabung (8,530 feet) lay dormant for four centuries before it erupted in 2010, killing two people. Another eruption in 2014 killed 17 people, while seven died in a 2016 eruption.
The volcano, one of the two currently erupting in Indonesia, has been sporadically coming back to life ever since.
Some 30,000 people have been forced to leave their homes on the outskirts of Sinabung in recent years.
Sinabung is among the more than 120 active volcanoes in Indonesia, which is located in the “Ring of Fire”, an arc of volcanoes and fault lines that surround the Pacific Ocean.