 The Indonesian Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation advised villagers to keep a distance of at least 2 miles from the volcano, while 5,000 people were evacuated from North Sumatra Karo Regency.The eruption has affected the people living around the volcano in more than one way; crops died due to the ash fall leading to an economic change in the area.Sinabung is one of 34 active volcanoes in Sumatra, which straddles the "Pacific Ring of Fire".