Something strange is occurring at the explosive volcano known as Fuego, as after erupting for 23 years straight it seemingly stopped erupting without the expected decrease. Could a large eruption soon occur? Meanwhile, in Hawaii, the Kilauea volcano erupted twice more this week, once again producing 50 to 100 foot high lava fountains. And, in Colombia, the Purace volcano produced its largest eruption in 48 years, dumping more than a centimeter of ash in some areas. This video will discuss these stories and list the 46 volcanoes which are actively erupting around the planet.
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Sources/Citations:
[1] Source of Volcanic Explosivity Index (VEI) methodology and criteria: Newhall, C. G., and Self, S. (1982), The volcanic explosivity index (VEI) an estimate of explosive magnitude for historical volcanism, J. Geophys. Res., 87(C2), 1231–1238, doi:10.1029/JC087iC02p01231. Accessed / Read by Youtube.com/GeologyHub on Oct 5th, 2022.
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[3] U.S. Geological Survey
[4] Vedur.is / Iceland Met Office
[5] Phivolcs
[6] Tonga Geological Services
[7] Phivolcs (Philippines)
[8] INGV / INGVvulcani (Italy)
[9] Rabaul Volcano Observatory
[10] Servicio Geológico Colombiano
[11] Hawaiian Volcano Observatory
[12] Alaska Volcano Observatory
[13] Vanuatu Meteorology & Geo-Hazards Department
[14] Instituto Geofisica Escuela Politecnica Nacional
[15] PVMBG (Indonesia) (Pusat Vulkanologi dan Mitigasi Bencana Geologi) (Indonesia)
[16] Geonet (New Zealand)
[17] University of Alaska Fairbanks, Geophysical Institute
[18] INVOLCAN (Canary Islands)
[19] CIVISA (Azores)
[20] Vanuatu Meteorology and Geo-hazards Department
[21] Segemar
[22] Sernageomin
[23] OVSICORI-UNA
0:00 Yasur Erupts
0:38 This Week's Top Stories
1:04 Fuego Eruption Pause
3:27 Kilauea Eruption
4:33 Purace Eruption
5:31 List of Erupting Volcanoes