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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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, 2010
Typical eruption style: Explosive
Sinabung volcano eruptions: 2013-ongoing, 2010
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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:
 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 advancing front of "boiling" ash. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer) |
 Ash plume from the pyroclastic flow rising and penetrating a cumulus cloud. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer) |  The flow has reached the area of the (already mostly destroyed) village of Bekerah. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer) |  Glow from the two active lava lobes early on 27 July. (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
