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At least 190 people were killed in the volcano's most powerful eruption since 1974. Ash forced the closure of La Aurora International Airport in Guatemala City. [33] [34] 4 Volcán Wolf [35] Ecuador 2015 15 4 Calbuco [36] Chile 2015 21 0.3–0.6 [37] First eruption since 1972. At least 4,000 people evacuated. No casualties reported. [38] 4 ...
The eruption was the largest explosion recorded in the atmosphere by modern instrumentation, far larger than any 20th-century volcanic event or nuclear bomb test. It is thought that in recent centuries, only the Krakatoa eruption of 1883 rivalled the atmospheric disturbance produced. [15] [16]
The most recent eruption on the Reykjanes peninsula, home to some 30,000 people or nearly 8% of the country's total population, ended on June 22 after spewing fountains of molten rock for 24 days.
The 2022 eruption of Mauna Loa was an episode of eruptive volcanic activity at Mauna Loa, the world's largest active volcano, located on Hawaiʻi island, Hawaiʻi. Mauna Loa began to erupt shortly before midnight HST on November 27, 2022, when lava flows emerged from fissure vents in Moku‘āweoweo (Mauna Loa's summit caldera ).
The most recent eruption there ended on Sept. 6, the outlet reported. The meteorological office said there had been no noticeable increase in seismic activity over the past few weeks.
The most recent eruption on the Reykjanes peninsula, home to some 30,000 people or nearly eight per cent of the country’s total population, ended on 22 June after spewing fountains of molten ...
A once long-dormant volcano in Iceland is erupting again and impacting activity in a populated region nearby. The volcano, on the Reykjanes peninsula in southwestern Iceland, began erupting at ...
The activity pattern of the eruption was comparable to that of the event that occurred in 1902, which had a Volcanic Explosivity Index (VEI) of 4. [5] [1] The volcano is known to have erupted 23 times in the last 4,000 years, and had been dormant since 1979. [1] Evacuation of the inhabitants of the island began when the explosive eruptions ...