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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
The eruption first reached a column height of 29 km (18 mi) and then peaked at 39 km (24 mi), and during the latest stage, the top of the plume waned to 26 km (16 mi). The entire Plinian eruption lasted about 20 hours and emitted 7.8 km 3 (1.9 cu mi) of magma. [26]
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 time-lapse video captured the northern lights above orange clouds of smoke billowing from an erupting volcano in the southwest part of the island nation. ... It's the volcano's sixth eruption ...
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 ...
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 Cumbre Vieja volcano on the Spanish island of La Palma spewed clouds of ash and other material on November 4, creating volcanic lightning.On Wednesday, explosions showered ash on nearby pine ...
The 2011–2012 Puyehue-Cordón Caulle eruption was a volcanic eruption that began in the Puyehue-Cordón Caulle volcanic complex in Chile on 4 June 2011. The eruption, which occurred from the Cordón Caulle fissure after 51 years of the volcano being inactive, is one of the largest volcanic eruptions of the 21st century thus far. [ 2 ]