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Latest news from Sinabung volcano:

Sinabung volcano Volcanic Ash Advisory: GROUND REPORT OF VA TO FL120 OBS VA DTG: 22/0223Z
Friday, Jun 22, 2018
Volcanic Ash Advisory Center Darwin (VAAC) issued the following report: ... [more]
Sinabung volcano Volcanic Ash Advisory: CONTINUOUS ERUPTION TO FL100 OBS VA DTG: 20/1215Z
Satellite image of Sinabung volcano on 20 Jun 2018
Wednesday, Jun 20, 2018
Volcanic Ash Advisory Center Darwin (VAAC) issued the following report: ... [more]
 

Sinabung volcano

Stratovolcano 2460 m (8,071 ft)
Sumatra, Indonesia, 3.17°N / 98.39°E
Current status: minor activity or eruption warning (3 out of 5)
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Last update: 22 Jun 2018
Typical eruption style: Explosive
Sinabung volcano eruptions: 2013-ongoing, 2010Sinabung volcano in July 2015No recent earthquakes
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Sinabung is a typical stratovolcano in northern Sumatra next to the town of Berastagi.

Background:

There are no confirmed historic eruptions before the re-awakening in August 2010, but possibly it has had activity in around 1600 and 1881.
It is evident that Sinabung volcano has frequently erupted on its flanks producing lava flows. Sinabung has four overlapping summit craters, where fumaroles have been active, particularly in 1912, but no eruption followed the increase of fumarolic activity then. The 4 summit craters are aligned along a N-S direction. The youngest crater of this andesitic-to-dacitic volcano is at the southern end of the four overlapping summit craters.

Sinabung Photos:

Pyroclastic flow on Sinabung volcano, Sumatra, Indonesia (Oct 2014) (Photo: Walter Reis)
Pyroclastic flow on Sinabung volcano, Sumatra, Indonesia (Oct 2014) (Photo: Walter Reis)
Driving through volcanic ash rain at Sinabung volcano, Sumatra, Indonesia (Oct 2014) (Photo: Walter Reis)
Driving through volcanic ash rain at Sinabung volcano, Sumatra, Indonesia (Oct 2014) (Photo: Walter Reis)
Ashfall at Sinabung volcano, Sumatra, Indonesia (Oct 2014) (Photo: Walter Reis)
Ashfall at Sinabung volcano, Sumatra, Indonesia (Oct 2014) (Photo: Walter Reis)
Pyroclastic flow on Sinabung volcano, Sumatra, Indonesia (Oct 2014) (Photo: Walter Reis)
Pyroclastic flow on Sinabung volcano, Sumatra, Indonesia (Oct 2014) (Photo: Walter Reis)
A clear morning view of Sinabung. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
A clear morning view of Sinabung. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
The co-ignimbrite ash plume from a pyroclastic flow at Sinabung volcano rises more than 2 kilometers and starts to spread (July 2015). (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
The co-ignimbrite ash plume from a pyroclastic flow at Sinabung volcano rises more than 2 kilometers and starts to spread (July 2015). (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)



Latest satellite images

Update Wed 22 Jul 16:59
Map of Sinabung volcano with the location of the 3, 4/5 and 7 km exclusion zones
Map of Sinabung volcano with the location of the 3, 4/5 and 7 km exclusion zones
 

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