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Two people drowned in Peru when 2 m (6 ft 7 in) waves struck the coast, while another died of indirect causes in Fiji. It was the largest volcanic eruption since the 1991 eruption of Mount Pinatubo. [12] NASA determined that the eruption was "hundreds of times more powerful" than the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima. [13]
November 29, 2023 at 8:31 PM. The exact location for an eruption has been revealed by the Icelandic Met Office, which says it “is still considered likely”. There were around 300 earthquakes ...
The map shows all earthquake activity detected by the Icelandic Met Office in the past 48 hours. Green stars represent earthquakes that were over a magintude of 3.0 (Icelandic Met Office) 800 ...
Volcanic activity in the area continued for six months that year, prompting thousands of Icelanders and tourists to visit the scene. In August 2022, a three-week eruption happened in the same area ...
As of 23 August 2024, there have been six eruptions between December 2023 and August 2024, following an intense series of earthquakes. Although localised, the seismic and volcanic activity have caused significant disruption across the western part of the peninsula, especially for the town of Grindavík. [1] The eruptions were preceded by an ...
An eruption at the Cumbre Vieja volcanic ridge, comprising the southern half of the Spanish island of La Palma in the Canary Islands, took place between 19 September and 13 December 2021. [7] It was the first volcanic eruption on the island since the eruption of Teneguía in 1971. [8] At 85 days, it is the longest known and the most damaging ...
The current sequence of events in Grindvíking is similar to the one that happened on the eve of the volcanic eruption in Geldingadálar in 2021, says Icelandic Meteorological Office head of ...
The Smithsonian Institution 's Global Volcanism Program (GVP) documents Earth's volcanoes and their eruptive history during the Quaternary Period of Earth's geologic history, with particular emphasis on volcanic activity during the Holocene Epoch (the last 11,700 years). The mission of the GVP is to document, understand, and disseminate ...