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Alaska's Mount Redoubt volcano began erupting on March 22, 2009, and activity continued for several months. During the eruptions, reports found ash clouds reaching as high as 65,000 feet (20,000 m) above sea level. [1] In response, the National Weather Service issued a series of ash fall advisories.
Name Elevation Location Last eruption meters feet Coordinates; Malumalu: Last 8,000 years Ta‘u-931: 3054: 30,000 years ago [15]: Ofu-Olosega: 639: 2096: 1866 unnamed submarine cone eruption
An eruption on 16 March injured 10 people, including a BBC News television crew, after magma exploded upon contact with snow. [97] [98] 3 Mount Ontake [99] Japan 2014 63 A phreatic eruption and pyroclastic flow occurred without warning, killing 63 people. Deadliest eruption in Japan since 1902, first volcano-related deaths in Japan since 1991. 2
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This timeline of volcanism on Earth includes a list of major volcanic eruptions of approximately at least magnitude 6 on the Volcanic explosivity index (VEI) or equivalent sulfur dioxide emission during the Quaternary period (from 2.58 Mya to the present). Other volcanic eruptions are also listed.
2020–2022 Taal Volcano eruptions: 38 Dieng Volcanic Complex: 2 Indonesia: 1786 [30] 32 Mount Nyiragongo: 1 Democratic Republic of the Congo: 2021 2021 Mount Nyiragongo eruption: 32 Kelud: 4 Indonesia: 1990 [40] 31 Bayonnaise Rocks: 2 Japan: 1952 [41] 31 Nabro Volcano: 4 Eritrea: 2011 2011 Nabro eruption: 30 Rinjani: 3 Indonesia: 1994 [42] 27 ...
In a volcanic eruption, lava, volcanic bombs, ash, and various gases are expelled from a volcanic vent and fissure. While many eruptions only pose dangers to the immediately surrounding area, Earth 's largest eruptions can have a major regional or even global impact, with some affecting the climate and contributing to mass extinctions .
South Aegean Volcanic Arc 110 161 Kos Plateau Tuff 7 Los Humeros: Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt 290 DRE [16] 164 Xáltipan Ignimbrite 7 Lake Akan: HokkaidÅ: 56.8 (DRE) 175 AK-2 6 Yellowstone Caldera Yellowstone hotspot: 50 176 Bluff Point Tuff 7 Southern Caldera, Santorini South Aegean Volcanic Arc Unknown 180 7 Awasa Caldera: Main Ethiopian ...