Indonesia volcano eruption: THIRD volcano erupts as fears grow of HUGE Ring Of Fire SHIFT

Ash has been spotted rising following another eruption from a Gamalama volcano in Indonesia.

Gamalama lies off the western shore of Halmahera island in the north of the Maluku Islands and makes up the Ternate island in Indonesia

A column of ash was observed 250m above the peak at 11:52am WIT (3.52am BST) on Thursday.

The eruption is believed to minor, according to the Gamalama Volcano Observatory.

There are no reports of any injuries. 

The ash cloud is said to be moving in a northwestern direction and there is a level II alert in place. 

Mount Soputan, in the Sulawesi Island, also erupted yesterday at 8.47am local time (1.47am BST) spewing a 4,000 metre column of ash.

Days before the eruption, Mount Soputan as showing signs of restlessness, according to volcanologists in the region.

Soputan is one of the island’s most active volcanoes and the Smithsonian Institution has identified it is a complex volcano, with free-flowing, stream-like basaltic lava, but it can also

produce explosive eruptions.

The Son of Krakatoa was the second volcano to erupt in Indonesia yesterday.

However, Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, Head of Indonesian National Board for Disaster Management, tweeted after the eruption to let people now there was no cause for concern.

He said: “Mount child of Krakatoa erupts almost daily.

“On 2/10/2018 eruptions occurred, throwing sand and ash, incandescent lava.

“The volcano’s condition is safe if it is outside the radius of two km from the crater.

“Interesting to see the tourist phenomenon the mountain erupted in a safe place.”

The official death toll from last Friday’s earthquake is currently at 1,407, but this is predicted to rise.

Indonesia sit along the Ring of Fire region, an area where most of the world’s volcanic eruptions occur.

The Ring of Fire has seen a large amount of activity in recent days, but Indonesia has been hit hard due to its position on a large grid of tectonic plates.

Indonesia is at the meeting point of three major continental plates – the Pacific, the Eurasian and the Indo-Australian plates – and the much smaller Philippine plate.