Residents going outside are advised to wear hats, glasses and masks.
On Sunday, December 3, the Mount Marapi volcano began to erupt in western Indonesia. The column of ash in the air reached a height of three kilometers.
Reuters reports this.
The eruption, which occurred on the island of Sumatra, began at 14:54 local time (09:54 Kiev time) and did not cause direct casualties or property damage.
“We see this very dense dark gray ash column leaning towards the east. Neither people living around the volcano nor tourists are allowed to enter the restricted area within a three-kilometer radius around the crater,” said Hendra Gunawan, head of the Indonesia Volcanology and Geological Hazard Center.
According to local authorities, the third alert level on a 4-level scale has been declared.
“The ash fallout reached the city of Bukittinggi, Sumatra's third largest city of more than 100,000 inhabitants,” said Ahmad Rifandi, spokesman for the Mount Marapi monitoring station, adding that residents going outside were advised to wear hats, goggles and masks.
The volcano on Mount Marapi, whose height is 2891 meters, is the most active volcano in Sumatra.
Indonesia is located on the Pacific Ring of Fire, a region where the convergence of continental plates causes significant volcanic and seismic activity. There are about 130 active volcanoes in this country.
Let us remind you that on November 13, Mount Etna erupted in Italian Sicily. The lava fountain shoots out at approximately 4,500 meters above sea level. Etna's last major eruption was in 1922.
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