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Volcanic eruption creates new islands in Japan
A small island appeared in Japan's territorial waters after the volcano erupted, marking the first time this special phenomenon occurred after 30 years.
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Volcanic eruption created hail
Mount Etna, the highest volcano in Europe, erupts strongly and creates clusters of black ash and many sharp stones, shooting up many areas of the island of Sicily, Italy.
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Sakurajima volcano in southern Japan erupted
The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) said the Sakurajima volcano in southern Japan erupted on the afternoon of August 18, tossing up as much as 5,000 meters of ash.
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Russian Far Eastern volcano sprayed ashes 6.5km high
A volcano on the Kamchatka peninsula in the Russian Far East on August 6 began to operate fiercely, spraying ashes into the sky to a height of 6.5km, RIA Novosti quoted…
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Shiveluch volcano sprayed 9000 meters of dust
The Shiveluch volcano, over 3,200 meters tall, increased its activity from May 2009. Previous volcanic ash eruptions of this volcano are usually 3,000-10,000 meters high.
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Guatemala alarmed when Pacaya's volcano
On May 30, the Government of Guatemala officially announced the orange alarm (the closest to the red alert) due to fears that Pacaya volcano in the country might erupt a…
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The warming earth will wake up the volcano
When the volcano erupts, the impact on the climate is huge, one of the risks is that the amount of sulfur dioxide gas sprayed on the stratosphere increases.
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The volcano erupted violently in Guatemala, tens of thousands of people evacuated
The Guatemalan authorities have issued the highest level of alert, level
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Volcanic 'wake up' in southern Japan
Sakurajima wakes up at night 24/7. The eruption of one of the most active volcanoes in Japan has caused the ash to cover the streets of Kagoshima, about 2 kilometers fro…
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'Super volcano' formed faster than expected
The largest volcanoes on Earth, or 'super volcanoes', take only a few hundred years to form and erupt, not hundreds of thousands of years as scientists previously though…
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The world is about to have a new volcanic disaster
Scientists say they recorded more than 500 tremors in and around Katla Crater last month and it is likely that an eruption is imminent.
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Purple aurora in America
The sky, the fanciful American lake surface in purple light is one of the remarkable astronomical scenes of the week.
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Indonesia's volcano shot itself
Krakatau volcano in Indonesia when the eruption created a magnificent 'light show' in the sky, RT reported.
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Video: The storm is made of volcanic ash
The BBC news agency recently uploaded a short video of the Patagonia volcano erupting in Facebook.
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Video: Volcanic eruption creates new islands in Japan
The Japanese Navy saw smoke rising about 1000km south of Tokyo on November 20 and the coast guard then confirmed a new island was born around Ogasawara Islands.