Tags: Volcano.
Soputan is a stratovolcano in the northern arm of the island of Sulawesi Indonesia. It sits on the southern rim of the Tondano caldera constructed in the Quaternary period and is one of the most active volcanoes in Sulawesi.In 2004 it erupted with lava oozing down its southwest slope. No fatalities were recorded. On the morning of 6 June 2008 it erupted sending heat clouds of debris as far as 4 km down its slopes and ash 2 km into the air.