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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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Indonesian volcano erupted, thousands of people evacuated
Gamalama volcano in Indonesia awakens, spraying ash and lava covered eastern Indonesia, leaving thousands of people to leave their homes.
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Mexico's strongest volcano exploded
Mexico's most active volcano on Monday emitted a loud bang and a 7,000 meter tall ash column eruption, the National Disaster Prevention Center said.
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The 'killer' volcano is about to re-export
The last time the most terrifying volcano erupted was in 1815, killing the lives of 90,000 people in the region.
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Earthquakes up to 6.8 on the Richter scale off Vietnam
Earthquakes are caused by faults of the subsoil, where there were many active volcanoes.
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Energy from Puyehue volcano is equal to 70 bombs
The eruptive energy of Puyehue-Cordon Caulle volcanic cluster in Chile is equivalent to 70 atomic bombs or 2% of global electricity.
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Indonesia raised the volcano warning to the highest level
Lokon volcano in North Sulawesi Island continued to operate strongly on July 17, creating a lava column and smoke higher than 3,500m. The Indonesian government has raise…
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Guatemala: The door of hell appears in the middle of the house
Upon hearing a loud midnight sound, residents in a northern suburb of Guatemala City, Central Guatemala thought that some of the gas tanks had exploded.
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Specialist disaster warning in the Northern Hemisphere
The world's leading expert on Arthur Saltykovski volcano, the Institute of Earth Physics named Schmidt predicts: In the next one or two decades, the Yellowstone volcano…
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Earthquake of 7.4 on Richter caused tsunami warning in the US
A seismic intensity of up to 7.4 on the Richter scale rocked the Aleutian volcanic island chain, in the US state of Alaska. Tsunami warning was given, but was retracted…
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Chilean volcano woke up after half a century
3,500 people had to evacuate because the Puyehue volcano in southern Chile suddenly woke up for the first time in 50 years.
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Close up of Chilean volcanoes erupting
The black smoke column rises as high as 10 km from Puyehue volcano, Chile, when it wakes up after half a century.
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Chilean volcano makes the river
The hot lava of Puyehue-Cordon-Caulle volcanic cluster in southern Chile has flowed down a nearby river, causing the river to heat abnormally.
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Horrifying videos of volcanic eruptions in Hawaii
The US Geological Survey (USGS) has released a video showing recent activity at Kilauea volcano, one of the world's most active volcanoes.
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Europe's largest black ash volcanic ash
Vatnajokull, Europe's largest glacier and one of the most beautiful glaciers in the world, has been tinged with a black color due to Grimsvotn volcanic ash in Iceland.