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An eruption on the Red Sea island killed at least 7 soldiers and spewed lava and ash hundreds of metres into the air. [107] 1 Raoul Island [108] Kermadec Islands, New Zealand 2006 1 An eruption on 17 March killed conservation worker Mark Kearney, who was measuring the water temperature of Green Lake. [109] 3 Santa Ana [110] El Salvador 2005 2
Wah Wah Springs Caldera is a supervolcanic eruption remnant discovered in 2013 in Utah. It released 5,500 to 5,900 cubic kilometres (1,300 to 1,400 cu mi) of tephra, as the Wah Wah Springs Tuff, about 30.06 million years ago in the early Oligocene. It is the largest of the Indian Peak-Caliente Caldera Complex, and includes flows over 500 m ...
1995 eruption of Mount Rinjani in Indonesia. The Smithsonian Institution's Global Volcanism Program (GVP) documents Earth's volcanoes and their eruptive history during the Quaternary Period of Earth's geologic history, with particular emphasis on volcanic activity during the Holocene Epoch (the last 11,700 years).
Satellite images published by the United Nations Satellite Centre (UNSOT) on January 17 show the impact of a volcanic eruption near Tonga on the Pacific Island nation and the volcano.The Hunga ...
Other videos show lava bursting from multiple parts of the fissure that began erupting on Aug. 22 after a series of earthquakes. It's the volcano's sixth eruption since December. It's the volcano ...
An eruption of the volcano largely destroyed the nearby town of Rabaul in 1994. Mount Tavurvur is the most active volcano in Rabaul caldera, and erupted most recently on 29 August 2014. [2] The correct pronunciation of the volcano's name is tah-VOOR-voor, according to the Rabaul Volcanological Observatory. [citation needed]
A volcanic eruption in Italy sent people fleeing Wednesday, with many forced to escape the fiery explosion by boat. The Stromboli volcano, located on the island of Stromboli, near Sicily, began ...
The volcanic eruption in Holuhraun continued with similar intensity as the previous few weeks. The lava field covered 63 km 2 (24 sq mi) in late October. On 11 November, it was reported that the lava field extended to 70 km 2 (27 sq mi) and more than 1 km 3 (0.24 cu mi) in volume - the largest in Iceland since the Laki eruption of 1783.