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In late May, 2009, activity decreased and the Alaska Volcano Observatory lowered the alert level. A nearly six-month period of relative quiet at the volcano ended on December 27, 2009, with renewed earthquake swarms. The AVO subsequently raised the alert level, and again warned of the possibility of a more vigorous eruption due to dome collapse ...
April 21, 1990 eruption column (to a height of about 5.6 mi (9 km)) [16] from Redoubt Volcano as viewed to the west from the Kenai Peninsula Fumaroles observed on the side of Mount Redoubt on January 31, 2009 Fumarole on March 21, 2009, the day before the eruption A plume of vapor from Mt Redoubt as seen from space on 5 May 2009. Redoubt ...
Taupō Volcano—Oruanui eruption: 0.027: Taupō Volcanic Zone, New Zealand 1,170 Most recent VEI 8 eruption [37] Mangakino Caldera—Ongatiti–Mangatewaiiti 1.21 Taupō Volcanic Zone, New Zealand 1,150 [26] Huaylillas Ignimbrite 15 Bolivia 1,100 Predates half of the uplift of the central Andes [38] Bursum—Bloodgood Canyon Tuff: 28.5
The volcanic island of Anak Krakatau in Indonesia saw an eruption on 22 December 2018 which caused a deadly tsunami, with waves surging up to five meters in height. The tsunami killed at least 437 ...
On June 15, 1991, a rumbling Mount Pinatubo grew and grew until it exploded in the biggest volcanic eruption on Earth in 100 years. Super-pressurized, gas-charged magma burst through and a cloud ...
1631 eruption of Mount Vesuvius: 3,000 Ritter Island: 2 Papua New Guinea: 1888 1888 Ritter Island eruption and tsunami: 2,957 Mount Papandayan: 3 Indonesia: 1772 [5] 2,942 Mount Lamington: 4 Papua New Guinea: 1951 1951 eruption of Mount Lamington: 2,806 Mount Awu: 3 Indonesia: 1856 [6] 2,033 Oshima Oshima: 4 Japan: 1741 1741 eruption of Oshima ...
La Garita Caldera erupts in the Wheeler Geologic Area, Central Colorado volcanic field, Colorado, USA, eruption several VEI 8 events (Possibly as high as a VEI 9), 5,000 cubic kilometers (1,200 cu mi) of Fish Canyon Tuff was blasted out in a single, major eruption about 27.8 million years ago. [52] [86] [87]
The volcano also erupted in June about a mile south of Kilauea caldera, marking the first eruption in that region of the volcano in about 50 years. The last one took place in December 1974. The ...