Indonesia’s Mt. Sinabung volcano continues to spew ash

KARO, INDONESIA - AUGUST 14: Farmers watched the eruption of Sinabung volcano on Indonesia’s Sumatra island while harvesting onion crops. They worked together to clean up the village from volcanic ash ahead of the country’s 75th Independence Day on August 17. Indonesia is home to around 130 active volcanoes due to its position on the “Ring of Fire”, a belt of tectonic plate boundaries circling the Pacific Ocean where frequent seismic activity occurs. Sinabung volcano erupted several times in the past week, spewing ash and smokes from 200 to 5,000 meters above its crater. The columns of thick ash in grey tended to move towards the east, south and southeast. Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazar Mitigation (PVMBG) said a series of tremors shows that the volcanic activity still occurs from magma reservoir to crater. The authorities have issued a level III warning to monitor the status. PVMBG also warned the residents and visitors to stay 3 kilometers (1,86 miles) away from the active crater. Sinabung volcano reactivated for the first time in four centuries in 2010. A total of 23 people were killed in 2014 and 2016 from eruptions. (Footage by Albert Ivan Damanik/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)