Indonesia's Mount Sinabung erupts, ashes thrown 2,000 metres from peak


JAKARTA, May 6 (Xinhua): Mount Sinabung in Indonesia's North Sumatra erupted Thursday with a thick ash column spewed towards the east up to 2,000 meters above its peak, the country's Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation Center (PVMBG) said.

PVMBG officer Moh Nurul Asrori said the seismograph recorded the eruption at 11:19 a.m. local time, which lasted for 319 seconds.

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