Mount Sinabung Erupts 4 Times

Hot clouds of Mount Sinabung. (Dhona)
Hot clouds of Mount Sinabung. (Dhona)

TRANSINDONESIA.CO – Mount Sinabung erupted again, as much as 4 times since Sunday (10/05/2014) early this morning resulted in a cloud of hot avalanches from the summit of Mount which is located in Karo, North Sumatra.

Based on reports from PVMBG Geological Agency, accompanied by the eruption of hot clouds glide.

Fourth Sinabung eruption occurred in, at 1:46 pm resulted in miscarriages hot clouds of peak (monitored using thermal-camera) with sliding distance as far as 4,500 meters to the south, with an altitude of 2,000 meters and the volcanic ash eruption 263 seconds long.

In the second eruption, at 6:38 pm; Clouds of hot avalanches occurred from the top of the sliding distance as far as 2,500 meters to the south with the old eruption 152 seconds.

While the third eruption at 7:36 pm; clouds of hot avalanches occurred from the top of the sliding distance of 3,000 meters to the south with the old eruption 158 seconds.

For the fourth eruption at 7:53 pm; clouds of hot avalanches occurred from the top of the sliding distance as far as 4,500 meters to the south, with a high column of volcanic ash eruption 3,000 meters long and 229 seconds.

“Status of the mountain remain alert (level 3). Conditions remained normal society. No new refugees, “said Head of Data Information and Public Relations BNPB, Sutopo Purwo Nugroho in a press release received Transindonesia.co. (Don)

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