Caldera Current Affairs, GK & News
Erupting Alaska Volcanoes- Key facts
Three remote Alaska volcanoes are in different states of eruption. One of the volcanos is producing lava while other two is blowing steam and ash. Highlights None of the small communities surrounding the volcanoes have been affected, till now. Webcams on August 6 showed episodic low-level ash emissions from Pavlof Volcano. Following the emissions, observatory ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2021
Category: International Current Affairs
Topics: Alaska • Caldera • Great Sitkin Volcano • Pavlof Volcano • Semisopochnoi Volcano • Types of volcanic eruptions • Volcanic ash • Volcanic Eruption
Philippines: Taal Volcano could erupt anytime
According to government scientists of Philippines, second-most active volcano of Philippines, Taal Volcano, can erupt anytime soon amid “anomalously high” volcanic gas emissions in Philippines. Key Points About 3,000 residents have left their homes from high-risk villages around Taal Volcano in Batangas province since the volcano erupted. Since the recent eruption of Taal Volcano, several ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2021
Category: International Current Affairs
Topics: Caldera • Pacific Ring of Fire • Philippines • Ring of Fire • Taal Volcano • Types of volcanic eruptions • Volcanic Eruption
Triggered tsunami killed at least 281 in Indonesia
In Indonesia, a volcano-triggered tsunami has killed at least 281 people and injured more than thousand in Sunda Strait. Hundreds of buildings were destroyed by the wave, which hit the coast of southern Sumatra and the western tip of Java after a volcano known as Anak Krakatoa (the “Child of Krakatoa”) erupted. Anak Krakatoa has ..
Topics: Anak Krakatoa • Caldera • Igneous petrology • Krakatoa • Petrology • Plate tectonics • Rakata • Ring of Fire • Sunda Strait • Volcanic cones • Volcanoes • Volcanology