The Karangetang, one of the most active volcanoes in Indonesia, has begun to spew clouds of gas and lava in the Celebes, hours after a quake of magnitude 8.9 on the Richter scale shook northeastern Japan and trigger a tsunami. 20% of the world's earthquakes occur in the country Japan, which is located at the intersection of four tectonic plates: the American, Filipino, Eurasian and the Pacific.
The edges of these last two match the location of Indonesia, so that both phenomena may have occurred because of the same fault. At the moment it is unknown whether there has been damage or casualties after the eruption of Karangetang, but Indonesian authorities have reported that it is bringing out the evacuation of residents living in the villages of the volcano.
The mountain of 1,784 meters, located on Siau Island (North Celebes) has produced 41 large eruptions since 1,675. The latest took place last August, killing six people. After that, the experts re-enact the maximum alert level in October and has remained to date. It is not the first time that Asia fighting a 'tsunami' and a volcano at the same time.
Indonesia is seated in the "Ring of Fire" Pacific, an area of \u200b\u200bgreat seismic and volcanic activity is shaken by some 7,000 earthquakes per year, mostly small in magnitude. Without going any further, in October last year, Indonesia experienced two devastating natural disasters at once: an earthquake and a volcano.
The tsunami then struck the west coast of Sumatra island left 282 dead, 484 missing and 4,000 displaced, while the eruption of Merapi prompted at least 28 people were killed and another 91 were injured with burns near the city Yogyakarta. 
The edges of these last two match the location of Indonesia, so that both phenomena may have occurred because of the same fault. At the moment it is unknown whether there has been damage or casualties after the eruption of Karangetang, but Indonesian authorities have reported that it is bringing out the evacuation of residents living in the villages of the volcano.
The mountain of 1,784 meters, located on Siau Island (North Celebes) has produced 41 large eruptions since 1,675. The latest took place last August, killing six people. After that, the experts re-enact the maximum alert level in October and has remained to date. It is not the first time that Asia fighting a 'tsunami' and a volcano at the same time.
Indonesia is seated in the "Ring of Fire" Pacific, an area of \u200b\u200bgreat seismic and volcanic activity is shaken by some 7,000 earthquakes per year, mostly small in magnitude. Without going any further, in October last year, Indonesia experienced two devastating natural disasters at once: an earthquake and a volcano.
The tsunami then struck the west coast of Sumatra island left 282 dead, 484 missing and 4,000 displaced, while the eruption of Merapi prompted at least 28 people were killed and another 91 were injured with burns near the city Yogyakarta.
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