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| Soputan Volcano |
Soputan volcano erupted several times on Sunday. spewing a column of hot ash by up to 2.5 km high. This volcano is located in North Sulawesi, Indonesia. It is only 60 km from Manado, the capital city of Nort Sulawesi Province. It has quite danger potential for making big eruption which is indicated by persistent tremors with amplitude of 41 mm.
Several town around were showered by rains of ashes. Nearby the volcano got bigger volcanic materials. The government have forbid the villagers and the tourist to enter the danger areas, around 4 km from the crater summit. The most danger side was the southwest part of the volcano, because it is facing directly to the open crater. Evacuation zone for the southwest area is at 6. 5 km.
