Indonesia’s Mt. Sinabung

  • Mt. Sinabung, an active volcano on Indonesia’s Sumatra island has erupted.
  • Earlier, other volcanoes of Indonesia- Merapi volcano and Semeru volcano– had erupted.
Key Points
  • Sinabung:
    • Sinabung (2,600-metre) is located in Karo regency, North Sumatra.
    • Sinabung is among more than 120 active volcanoes in Indonesia, which is prone to seismic upheaval due to its location on the Pacific Ring of fire
    • The volcano was dormant for 400 years before exploding in 2010
      • It exploded again in 2014 ,2016 and 2020.
 Ring of Fire:
  • The Ring of Fire, also referred to as the Circum-Pacific Belt, is a path along the Pacific Ocean characterized by active volcanoes and frequent
  • It traces boundaries between several tectonic plates—including the Pacific, Cocos, Indian-Australian, Nazca, North American, and Philippine
  • The abundance of volcanoes and earthquakes along the Ring of Fire is caused by the amount of movement of tectonic plates in the
  • 75% of Earth’s volcanoes i.e. more than 450 volcanoes are located along the Ring of Fire. 90% of Earth’s earthquakes occur along its path.
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