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On Thursday, a volcano erupted for the second time this year in southwestern Iceland. This was reported by the Icelandic broadcaster RUV. The eruption occurs just three weeks after the last eruption. A significant increase in seismic activity near Fagradalsfjalla on the Reykjanes Peninsula occurred at 5:20 am, and magma came to the surface around […]
Scientists from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) have obtained stunning new images of the surface of Jupiter’s moon Io, which has the largest number of volcanoes on its surface among all the planets of the solar system. This was the second very close flyby of Io, but this time the Juno probe recorded […]
On Sunday, January 14, the Icelandic Meteorological Office reported that a volcanic eruption occurred in the southwest of the country, the fifth on the Reykjanes Peninsula since 2021. Situated between the Eurasian and North American tectonic plates, the two largest on the planet, Iceland is a seismic and volcanic hotspot as the two plates move […]
On Sunday, December 3, the Merapi volcano erupted in western Indonesia, spewing a column of ash 3 km high. There were no reports of damage or casualties after the eruption, but a column of ash is moving eastward This was reported by the Indian TV channel News18. Indonesia’s Merapi volcano spews ash clouds up to […]
On Sunday, November 12, the highest and most active volcano in Europe, Mount Etna, erupted on the Italian island of Sicily. This was reported by the Italian newspaper La Sicilia with reference to the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology of Italy. According to experts, paroxysmal activity is occurring on Etna from the southeastern crater […]