Five active volcanoes on my Asia Pacific 'Ring of Fire' watch-list right now
- Written by Heather Handley, Associate Professor in Volcanology and Geochemistry, Macquarie University
In Indonesia, more than 197 million people live within 100km of a volcano, including more than 8.6 million inside a 10km radius.
The country has a record of some of the most deadly volcanic eruptions in history, and right now there are ongoing eruptions at the Agung, Sinabung and Dukono volcanoes. But other volcanoes in the region are active too,...
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