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The volcano erupted on 9 December 2019 at 2:11 pm local time (01:11 UTC). [3] The ash plume rose 3.7 kilometres (12,000 ft) into the air. [26]It was initially believed that there were about 100 tourists on or near the island when the eruption took place; later, this figure was revised to 47 people who were on the island at the time. [27]
Human death toll Volcano VEI Location Year Eruption Source(s) 71,000 to 250,100+ Mount Tambora: 7 Indonesia: 1815 1815 eruption of Mount Tambora, Year Without a Summer: 36,000+ Krakatoa: 6 Indonesia: 1883 1883 eruption of Krakatoa: 30,000 Mount Pelée: 4 Martinique: 1902 1902 eruption of Mount Pelée: 23,000 Nevado del Ruiz: 3 Colombia: 1985 ...
New Zealand's largest lake, Lake Taupō, fills the caldera formed in this eruption. Taupō's most recent major eruption, the Taupō or Hatepe eruption, took place around 232 CE, and is New Zealand's largest eruption since Oruanui. [5] It ejected some 120 km 3 of material (rating 7 on the VEI scale), [6] with around 30 km 3 ejected in just a few ...
The White Island volcano is one of New Zealand’s most active. The White Island volcano’s last fatal eruption was in 1914, when it killed 12 sulphur miners. There was a short-lived eruption in ...
Experts said geothermal activity on a New Zealand volcanic island increased significantly on Wednesday, dealing a blow to relatives waiting for crews to recover the bodies that remain there ...
Tour operators and a company which owns the New Zealand island where a volcanic eruption killed 22 people and wounded many others have been fined $1.6 million (NZ$2.6 million), and ordered to pay ...
This is a list of New Zealand disasters by death toll, ... volcanic eruption 10 Jun 1886: Mount Tarawera: 50 to 99 deaths. Clipper ship Fiery Star. SS Penguin.
New Zealand scrambled to save tourists caught in a deadly volcano eruption on Monday (December 9). One tourist posted video of his escape by boat, sailing past a massive cloud of ash. Several ...