Japan, Hawaii Earthquakes Followed By Indonesian Volcanic Eruption
Mount Karangetang, one of Indonesia's most active volcanos, has erupted just hours after a massive 8.9 magnitude earthquake hit Japan and a smaller unrelated quake hit Hawaii on Friday.
Incredibly Indonesia has just been hit - past 30 minutes or so - by half-a-metre high tsunami waves generated by the Japan quake.
Damage reports on the waves are still awaited.
Mount Karangetang erupted this afternoon sending gas and lava down its sides and endangering nearby villages.
Volcanology official Agus Budianto said that authorities were still trying to evacuate residents living along the slopes of Mount Karangetang.
The mountain, situated on Siau in the Sulawesi island chain, killed four people when it last erupted in August 2010.
Indonesia sits on the volcanically hyperactive “Pacific Ring of Fire”.
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