Sinabung, 2019

The North Sumatra volcano erupted on the morning of Tuesday 7 May after about a year of inactivity, its first eruption since May 2018. The head of the Karo Disaster Mitigation Agency said four districts were badly affected: Simpang Empat, Namanteran, Kabanjahe and Berastagi. The volcano had returned to activity in 2010 for the first time in 400 years.

Eruption start

2019-05

Eruption end

2019-06-09

Volcanic Explosivity Index (VEI)

4

Volcano

Sinabung

GVP volcano page

volcano.si.edu/volcano.cfm?vn=261080

Category: Disasters & Incidents

Tags: indonesia, sumatra, karo, ashfall

Coordinates: 3.17, 98.392

Part of Volcanic eruptions of VEI 4 since 2000

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