Hundreds of earthquakes were detected in the weeks preceding the eruption of the volcano in North Sulawesi province. Hundreds of people were evacuated. By Christine Hauser Mount Ruang, a volcano ...

Mr Hendra Gunawan, head of the Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation, said that the increase in Mount Ruang eruptions is due to the recent earthquake activities in the area.

After Mount Ruang's April 17 eruption ... The archipelagic nation is prone to volcanic eruptions and earthquakes because of its location on the Pacific "Ring of Fire," a series of fault lines ...

the head of Mount Ruang monitoring post. “The vibrations were intense and knocked out power, and volcanic earthquakes shook the glass windows and everything around us.” He said the eruption ...

adding the eruptions were triggered by recent earthquakes in the area. Mount Ruang is a stratovolcano, which are typically conical and relatively steep-sided due to the formation of viscous ...

Mount Ruang, a stratovolcano in North Sulawesi Province ... Tuesday that volcanic activity had increased at Ruang after two earthquakes in recent weeks. Indonesia, a vast archipelago nation ...

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adding the eruptions were triggered by recent earthquakes in the area. Mount Ruang is a stratovolcano, which are typically conical and relatively steep-sided due to the formation of viscous ...