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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
1883 eruption of Krakatoa: 30,000 Mount Pelée: 4 Martinique: 1902 1902 eruption of Mount Pelée: 23,000 Nevado del Ruiz: 3 Colombia: 1985 Armero tragedy: 20,000~ (estimated) Santorini: 6 Greece: c. 1600 BC Minoan eruption: 15,000 to 20,000 Mount Samalas: 7 Indonesia: 1257 1257 Samalas eruption: 15,000 Mount Unzen: 2 Japan: 1792 1792 Unzen ...
Decade Volcanoes – Set of sixteen volcanoes noted for their eruptive history and proximity to densely populated areas; Dense-rock equivalent – Volcanologic calculation to estimate eruption volume; Volcanic winter of 536 – Cooling period in Northern Hemisphere caused by volcanic eruptions; Geologic timeline of Western North America
Kilauea, one of the world's most active volcanoes, began erupting around 2:30 a.m. local time, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
Eruption remains steady today. Wednesday 20 December 2023 21:30, Athena Stavrou. ... A volcano erupted in southwest Iceland last night following a “swarm of seismic activity”.
One of the world’s most active volcanoes erupted on Monday after a three-month hiatus, spewing bright orange lava as high as 300 feet, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS).
Still larger were the Icelandic eruptions of Katla (the Eldgjá eruption) circa 934, with 18 km 3 (4 cu mi) of erupted lava, and the Þjórsárhraun eruption of Bárðarbunga circa 6700 BCE, with 25 km 3 (6 cu mi) lava erupted, the latter being the largest effusive eruption in the last 10,000 years. [46]
Kilauea Volcano in Hawaii started erupting on Monday following a three-month pause, the U.S. Geological Survey's Hawaiian Volcano Observatory said. Kilauea began erupting around 2:30 a.m. local ...