The 2,451-metre-high volcano, Mount Sinabung, which is located in the Karo plateau of the North Sumatra province, Indonesia, has not been active ever since the 1600s.
The eruption on Sunday morning saw the volcano spewing out ash upto a mile in the air. It erupt(ed at 2:15 a.m. local time on Sunday (Auguts 29, 2010).
Mount Sinabung on the Indonesian island of Sumatra on 30 August erupted for a second time, forcing more than 20,000 people to remain in evacuation centres, officials said.
Mount Sinabung volcano spews smoke as seen from Bekerah village in the district of Tanah Karo in Indonesia's North Sumatra province (above). Monday's eruption was more powerful than the first a day earlier.
The Volcanology and Geological Disaster Mitigation Centre said Sinabung's second eruption occurred at 6:30 am (2330 GMT Sunday), belching a column of smoke up to 2,000 metres into the sky.
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UPDATE:
The Sinabung volcano in North Sumatra, Indonesia, made the third eruption on Friday morning, which is stronger than the two previous ones, according to volcanologists.
The eruption occurred at around 4.45 a.m. local time (2145 GMT on Thursday), with thundering sounds and shocks heard and felt minutes before the eruption by residents few kilometers away from the volcano, according to The Jakarta Post.
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