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From: pamela, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Indonesian island eruption
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Large Sections of Island Wiped Out by Major Eruption; Ruang Volcano Erupts(Indonesia area) Apr 16, 2024 A major eruption just occurred at the Ruang volcano, which wiped out large swaths of the inhabited island it sits on. As much as 40% of the island was scorched by pyroclastic flows within an hour, and this eruption is still continuing to intensify. Today's video discusses the evacuation of Ruang Island, the series of events which led to this eruption, and what might happen next. Thumbnail Photo Credit: U.S. Geological Survey, Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, Public Domain, https://www.usgs.gov/media/images/ash.... This image was then modified, overlaid with text, cropped, and then overlaid with GeologyHub made graphics (the GeologyHub logo and the image border). |
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From: ryan, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: Indonesian island eruption
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Tsunami alert after a volcano in Indonesia has several big eruptions and thousands are told to leave By EDNA TARIGAN, Associated Press Updated April 17, 2024 7:48 p.m. In this photo released by Sitaro Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD Sitaro), hot molten lava glows at the crater of Mount Ruang as it erupts in Sanguine Islands, Indonesia, Wednesday, April 17, 2024. JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian authorities issued a tsunami alert Wednesday after eruptions at Ruang mountain sent ash thousands of feet high. Officials ordered more than 11,000 people to leave the area. The volcano on the northern side of Sulawesi island had at least five large eruptions in the past 24 hours, Indonesia’s Center for Volcanology and Geological Disaster Mitigation said. Authorities raised their volcano alert to its highest level. At least 800 residents left the area earlier Wednesday. Indonesia, an archipelago of 270 million people, has 120 active volcanoes. It is prone to volcanic activity because it sits along the “Ring of Fire,” a horseshoe-shaped series of seismic fault lines around the Pacific Ocean. Authorities urged tourists and others to stay at least 6 kilometers (3.7 miles) from the 725-meter (2,378 foot) Ruang volcano. Officials worry that part of the volcano could collapse into the sea and cause a tsunami as in a 1871 eruption there. Tagulandang island to the volcano's northeast is again at risk, and its residents are among those being told to evacuate. Indonesia’s National Disaster Mitigation Agency said residents will be relocated to Manado, the nearest city, on Sulawesi island, a journey of six hours by boat. In 2018, the eruption of Indonesia's Anak Krakatau volcano caused a tsunami along the coasts of Sumatra and Java after parts of the mountain fell into the ocean, killing 430 people. |
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From: pamela, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: Indonesian island eruption
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