Sinabung volcano (Sumatra, Indonesia): 2 pyroclastic flows this morning
Mon, 16 May 2016, 15:39
15:39 PM | BY: T
Eruption of Sinabung this morning (image: PVMBG / facebook)
The larger one at 06:16 local time (image) produced a pyroclastic flow that traveled 2700 m on the SE side and a co-ignimbrite ash plume that rose 2500 m into the sky.
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Fri, 13 May 2016, 17:14
The explosive / effusive eruption continues with little changes. Rising viscous lava accumulates in the summit crater where as a dome; intermittently, it produces small to moderate explosions (ash plumes rising 1-2 km) and incandescent rockfalls and/or small pyroclastic flows on the eastern side where the crater is breached. Read all
Wed, 11 May 2016, 06:00
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