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  2. Parícutin - Wikipedia

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    The eruptions ended in 1952, leaving a final scoria cone with a height of 424 meters from the valley floor. [9] [11] The eruption destroyed or heavily damaged a 233 km 2 area, [7] and almost all of the vegetation within several kilometers of the crater was destroyed. [9] The volcano spread lava over 26 km 2, with 52 km 2 covered in volcanic ...

  3. List of volcanic eruptions by death toll - Wikipedia

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    1631 eruption of Mount Vesuvius: 3,000 Ritter Island: 2 Papua New Guinea: 1888 1888 Ritter Island eruption and tsunami: 2,957 Mount Papandayan: 3 Indonesia: 1772 [5] 2,942 Mount Lamington: 4 Papua New Guinea: 1951 1951 eruption of Mount Lamington: 2,806 Mount Awu: 3 Indonesia: 1856 [6] 2,033 Oshima Oshima: 4 Japan: 1741 1741 eruption of Oshima ...

  4. Michoacán–Guanajuato volcanic field - Wikipedia

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    Parícutin at Volcano World; Parícutin: The Volcano Born in a Mexican Cornfield, Edited by James F Luhr and Tom Simkin, Phoenix AZ: Geoscience Press, 1993. The definitive collection of reports and documentary illustrations of the eruption and its effects up to the date of publication. Peakbagger.com Parícutin: Credits. Retrieved April 16, 2008.

  5. List of volcanic eruptions 1500–2000 - Wikipedia

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    An eruption on 18 September 1952 killed 31 researchers and crewmen aboard the Maritime Safety Agency survey ship No.5 Kaiyo-Maru. [166] 3 Hibok-Hibok [167] Philippines 1951 500-2,000+ This eruption was a turning point for the Philippine government to establish a dedicated agency to focus on volcanoes and its activities.

  6. Book Review: From Crichton and Patterson, ‘Eruption’ is ...

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    The plot itself revolves around the imminent eruption of the Mauna Loa volcano in Hawaii. You know you’ve got some juice in the publishing world when you get top billing on a book nearly 16 ...

  7. List of volcanoes in Mexico - Wikipedia

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    The first event took place from 1857 to 1868 which caused by the historic eruption of Tacaná, two years prior. A year later after the eruption of the Santa Maria volcano, the second suppression event started from 1903 to 1908, during which tree growth was affected by the thickness of ash fall from the eruption and deposited near each tree. [10]

  8. The Biggest Volcanic Eruptions in Human History

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    A.D. 79: Mount Vesuvius, Italy. Mount Vesuvius has erupted eight times in the last 17,000 years, most recently in 1944, but the big one was in A.D. 17. One of the most violent eruptions in history ...

  9. How 'Eruption,' the new Michael Crichton novel ... - AOL

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    When “Jurassic Park” author Michael Crichton died from cancer in 2008, he left behind numerous unfinished projects, including a manuscript he began 20 years ago about the imminent eruption of ...