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  2. Huaynaputina - Wikipedia

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    The name Huaynaputina, also spelled Huayna Putina, was given to the volcano after the 1600 eruption. [4] [5] According to one translation cited by the Peruvian Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism, Huayna means 'new', and Putina means 'fire-throwing mountain'; the full name is meant to suggest the aggressiveness of its volcanic activity and refers to the 1600 eruption being its first one.

  3. 2021 eruption of La Soufrière - Wikipedia

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    La Soufrière, a stratovolcano on the Caribbean island of Saint Vincent in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, began an effusive eruption on 27 December 2020. On 9 April 2021 there was an explosive eruption, and the volcano "continued to erupt explosively" over the following days, with pyroclastic flows. [4] The activity pattern of the eruption ...

  4. Tajogaite - Wikipedia

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    Last eruption. September 19 to December 13, 2021 [3] Tajogaite or Tajogaite Volcano is a monogenetic volcano located in the municipality of El Paso on the island of La Palma, Canary Islands. Although its official name is "Tajogaite", before its officialization some authors have called it Cumbre Vieja, Jedey or Cabeza de Vaca, among other names.

  5. 2022 eruption of Mauna Loa - Wikipedia

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    USGS map of eruptive activity December 12, at 9:45 a.m. 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 ...

  6. Youngest Toba eruption - Wikipedia

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    The Toba eruption (sometimes called the Toba supereruption or the Youngest Toba eruption) was a supervolcanic eruption that occurred about 74,000 years ago during the Late Pleistocene [2] at the site of present-day Lake Toba in Sumatra, Indonesia. It was the last in a series of at least four caldera -forming eruptions at this location, with the ...

  7. A powerful volcano is erupting. Here’s what that could mean ...

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    April 23, 2024 at 12:07 PM. When Mount Ruang in Indonesia underwent multiple explosive eruptions last week, volcanic gases were flung so high they reached the atmosphere’s second layer, tens of ...

  8. Sakurajima - Wikipedia

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    Somma - stratovolcano. Last eruption. 1955-present [1] Sakurajima (Japanese: 桜島, lit. ' Cherry Blossom Island') is an active stratovolcano, formerly an island and now a peninsula, in Kagoshima Prefecture in Kyushu, Japan. [2] The lava flows of the 1914 eruption connected it with the Ōsumi Peninsula. [3] It is the most active volcano in Japan.

  9. Lava lake - Wikipedia

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    The lava lake solidified after the eruption ended in May 2021, but returned again when eruptive activity at Halemaʻumaʻu resumed on September 29, 2021. Following the 2021 eruption, three more occurred on January 5, 2023; June 7, 2023; and September 10, 2023. As of January 2024, Halemaʻumaʻu is not erupting and the lava lake is no longer active.