After decades of slumber, the world’s largest active volcano has awakened, with a new eruption starting at the summit of Hawaii’s Mauna Loa late last month; and although there is no danger of an imminent eruption from the caldera at Yellowstone, it has been discovered that there is more magmaread more
The Indonesian National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) has issued an alert warning regarding Mount Sinabung in Karo regency, North Sumatra, after finding increased volcanic activity. At the same time, some residents living near the massive Toba supervolcano are reporting heat, hot steam and gas emanating from the ground.
BNPB spokesperson Sutopo Purwo Nugroho said that Sinabung has the potential to spread hot ash clouds to the south and southeast as far as 7km, and the volume of lava coming from the mountain has reached 3 million cubic meters. A call for residents within 7km of the crater to evacuate has also been made. Mount Sinabung has seen two previous eruptions in recent years, once in 2010, and again in 2013.
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An underwater volcano off the coast of Washington State may be blowing its top. At the same time, a massive new magma pool has been discovered under Yellowstone. In accordance with the predictions of two geologists (Bill Chadwick, of Oregon State University and Scott Nooner of the University of North Carolina Wilmington) the Axial Seamount – the most active submarine volcano in the of the northwest coast, has become active. Thousands of microquakes have been recorded in the area over the past week. These quakes, like the ones being recorded at Yellowstone, are probably a result of magma movement, although there is no evidence of any immediate threat at Yellowstone.read more
The Big Island of Hawaii has been in the news lately for its creeping lava flow. But lava isn’t the only thing creeping around this magical, haunted land. Faerie-like Menehune, a ghostly royal guard of Night Marchers, and the volcano goddess herself, Madame Pele, have all been encountered here. Hawaii truly is the intersect between myth and reality and you will get a chance to explore it through the eyes of "Jacki," a local who has experienced it all.
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