--- description: Over the past 4 days hundreds of people have been forced out of their homes following volcanic explosions on Mount Sinabung in Indonesia. title: See A Volcano Explode in Indonesia image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3f43e86e3a37ce33/69875f542dce01ccce9dac90/volcano-sinabung-explosion-indonesia-01.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [indonesia](/tag/indonesia/) ## indonesia Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # See a Volcano's Explosive Eruption in Indonesia by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 9, 2014 1:40 PM CUT  Mount Sinabung volcano erupts, as seen from Karo in Sumatra, Indonesia on Oct. 8, 2014. Mount Sinabung volcano erupts, as seen from Karo in Sumatra, Indonesia on Oct. 8, 2014.Yt Haryono—Reuters by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 9, 2014 1:40 PM CUT  Mount Sinabung volcano erupts, as seen from Karo in Sumatra, Indonesia on Oct. 8, 2014. Yt Haryono—Reuters  Mount Sinabung volcano erupts in Sumatra, Indonesia on Oct. 9, 2014. Ivan Damanik—NurPhoto/Corbis  Mount Sinabung spews hot lava and volcanic ash seen from Karo, on the island of Sumatra, Indonesia, on Oct, 9, 2014. Dedy Sahputra—EPA  The cloud covered crater of Mount Sinabung volcano seen from Karo, on the island of Sumatra, Indonesia Oct. 6, 2014. Sutanta Aditya—AFP/Getty Images ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3484541/volcano-explosion-indonesia-sinabung/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3484541/volcano-explosion-indonesia-sinabung/"},"headline":"See a Volcano's Explosive Eruption in Indonesia","datePublished":"2014-10-09T13:40:26.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T05:07:30.634Z","description":"Hundreds of people have been forced out of their homes over the past four days following volcanic explosions on Mount Sinabung in Indonesia","url":"https://time.com/3484541/volcano-explosion-indonesia-sinabung/","keywords":["indonesia","Volcano","Sumatra"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3f43e86e3a37ce33/69875f542dce01ccce9dac90/volcano-sinabung-explosion-indonesia-01.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3f43e86e3a37ce33/69875f542dce01ccce9dac90/volcano-sinabung-explosion-indonesia-01.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Mount Sinabung volcano erupts, as seen from Tiga Pancur village, Karo Regency in Indonesia's North Sumatra province on Oct. 8, 2014.","caption":"Mount Sinabung volcano erupts, as seen from Tiga Pancur village, Karo Regency in Indonesia's North Sumatra province on Oct. 8, 2014.","creditText":"Yt Haryono—Reuters","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/indonesia/","name":"indonesia"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3484541/volcano-explosion-indonesia-sinabung/","name":"See a Volcano's Explosive Eruption in Indonesia"}}]}] ```