According to the Huffington Post, A volcano erupted Wednesday on the same central Indonesian island as an earlier earthquake and authorities warned planes about volcanic ash in the air.Mount Soputan on Sulawesi island spewed a massive column of ash more than 19,700 feet into the sky. No evacuations were immediately ordered.
A government volcanologist said it’s possible the eruption was accelerated by the magnitude 7.5 earthquake that struck on Friday.