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A powerful volcanic eruption on the island of Sumatra. Photo

The volcano threw a column of ash to a height of 2 kilometers.

The eruption of the volcano Sinabung occurred on the Indonesian island of Sumatra. It began on Thursday, the volcano spewed a column of ash to a height of 2 kilometers.

The eruption has not caused injuries, caused the evacuation. Yesterday the volcano also erupted, throwing into the air a column of ash height of 1.5 kilometers.

The volcano Sinabung is 2 thousand 460 meters above sea level. The first in nearly 400 years, the eruption occurred in 2010, then ash emissions were repeated in 2013 and early 2014. The eruption was recorded in the summer of 2014. In June 2015 from the revitalized area around the volcano were evacuated about six thousand people.

Indonesia is part of the so-called “Pacific ring of fire” — tectonic fault. This energy is often released in the form of tremors giant strength and the strongest volcanic eruptions.




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