A major earthquake hit northern Sumatra, Indonesia at 05:15 am local time on 7th April 2010. The magnitude 7.8 earthquake had an epicentre 205 km SW of Medan, and 70 km offshore. A local tsunami watch was issued. The closest volcano to the epicentre is Toba, which erupted 72,000 years ago with one of the earth's largest documented eruptions. Other active volcanoes in the region include Sinabung and Sibayak.
Volcanoes of Indonesia...
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- John Seach is a scientist and the world's leading volcano adventurer. Over the past 24 years John has traveled to the world's most exciting volcanoes, and witnessed eruptions during trips to more than 200 volcanoes. John's work has been featured on award winning television programmes. John is the founder of "Volcano Live", the world's first volcano news and volcano travel website.