No more ash explosions have been reported recently from Sinabung volcano. The crater remains active with strong degassing, creating a small steam plume.

At least one powerful explosion, probably the strongest so far, occured today at Sinabung volcano on Sumatra. The ash plume reached 25,000 ft elevation (ca. 8km) and the type of eruption can probably be best qualified as vulcanian, similar to Krakatau's activity in 2009. According to news articles, heavy ash fall prevented more than 23,000 people from returning to their homes.

After three days of calmness, another strong ash explosion of Sinabung volcano happened around 04:45 early morning local time on Fri 3 Sep. According to news reports, the explosion was heard and felt up to 8 km away from the volcano and while the size of the eruption is dificult to asses, it seems to have been the biggest explosion so far. ...mehr

No further eruptions seem to have occured on Sinabung after the eruptions of 29-30 August. Many of the ca. 12,000 evacuated people are returning to their homes. Indonesian scientists warn that the eruption might very well not be over yet, as tremor continues at the volcano, suggesting that magma is still rising within the conduit.

According to VAAC Darwin, ash plumes from the new eruption at Sinabung volcano are reaching at least 6 km / 20,000 ft., although most other reports including those from the Volcanological Survey of Indonesia talk about ash plumes bout 2000 m high, i.e. reaching about 4-5 km a.s.l.

Der Vulkan Sinabung ist nach langer Zeit der Ruhe am 29 August 2010 wieder zu neuer Aktivität erwacht. Der Vulkan wurde nicht wissenschaftlich überwacht und überraschte die Bewohner der Region. Nach Augenzeugen hat es mitternachts vor der Eruption starke Erdbeben gegeben und kurz danach konnte man Lava vom Gipfel fließen sehen. Aschefall begrenzte die Sicht auf weniger als 5 m. Die Aschesäule soll auf 4000 m Höhe gestiegen sein und ca. 12000 Menschen wurden vorsorglich evakuiert. Bei der Evakuierung soll es einen Todesfall gegeben haben.