Volcanic Eruption 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 / World 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 / World Current Affairs
Topics: Caldera • Pacific Ring of Fire • Philippines • Ring of Fire • Taal Volcano • Types of volcanic eruptions • Volcanic Eruption
Mount Sinabung Volcano erupts in Sumatra Island
Mount Sinabung volcano erupted in Sumatra Island of western Indonesia. Eruption resulted in column of thick ash being spread seven km high to southeast and south of crater. Key Highlights Warning: Local residents living along rivers near volcano’s crater were advised to be on alert for possible lava flows. National Volcanology Agency of Indonesia urged ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2019
Category: Environment Current Affairs
Topics: Composite Volcano • Indonesia • Lake Toba Supervolcano • Mt. Sinabung • No-Go Zone • Pacific Ring of Fire • Pleistocene-to-Holocene • Stratovolcano • Sumatra Island • Sunda Arc • Volcanic Eruption