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The 2011–2012 Puyehue-Cordón Caulle eruption began on June 4, 2011, causing major flight disruptions across the southern hemisphere, including South America, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand. 4 Grímsvötn [53] Iceland 2011 20 0.7 [54] 2011 eruption of Grímsvötn: 4 Mount Merapi [55] Indonesia 2010 18.3 353 2010 eruptions of Mount ...
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.
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 ]
A volcanic eruption could destroy the Icelandic town of Grindavik or lead to extensive ash clouds, experts have warned.. The country has been shaken by more than 800 small earthquakes, prompting ...
McDermitt volcanic field, South Yellowstone hotspot: Unknown 15.6 Longridge Tuff member 2-3 7 McDermitt volcanic field, South Yellowstone hotspot: Unknown 15.6 Longridge Tuff member 5 7 McDermitt volcanic field, South Yellowstone hotspot: Unknown 15.7 Double H Tuff 7 McDermitt volcanic field, North Yellowstone hotspot: Unknown
The most recent volcanic eruption took place between 600 and 700 AD. [2] The White Mountains of Harrat Khaybar, Jabal Abyad and Jabal Bayda, derive their light appearance from comendite. [3] Jabal Abyad, at an elevation of 2,093 metres (6,867 ft), is the tallest volcano in Saudi Arabia. [4]
To the rear of the picture is the Svartsengi Power Plant. This is a world famous hot pool. ... locations revealed as volcano eruption alert issued ... than 6,000 years prior to the recent eruptions.
No other historical eruption in North America can compare to the one that created the Novarupta Volcano in 1912. The biggest eruption on Earth in the 20th century, it produced 30 times more magma ...