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Congo's Nyamuragira Volcano
Congo's Nyamuragira volcano eruption biggest for a century
The Nyamuragira volcano, in a remote area of the Democratic Republic of Congo's Virunga national park, is producing lava fountains reaching up to 400 metres. Park officials say the eruption does not pose any immediate threat to the local population,but fear tremors may disturb another volcano.
The new eruption of Nyamuragira volcano on day 2 is putting on a spectacular show, producing tall lava fountains (a few 100 m high) that can be seen shooting out of the main vent and feeding a lava flow. A small elongated cone, perhaps already as much as 50-100 m high, has already formed around the vent. Monday, Nov 07, 2011
The new fissure eruption of Nyamuragira on the evening of 6 Nov (photo: Virunga National Park)
Nyamuragira volcano in the DRCongo started to erupt last night as park rangers of the Virunga National Park report on facebook. Nyamuragira is a large shield volcano north of Nyiragongo volcano near Goma town and belongs to the Virunga National Park. Its eruptions produce curtains of fire and large lava flows, which normally are no harm to inhabited areas as the volcano is very remote. In recent years, it has been almost impossible to access due to the presence of armed guerrilla troops hiding in this area.
Tall lava fountains from Nyamuragira early on 8 Nov 2011 (day 2 of the new eruption) (Video: Virunga National Park gorillacd's Channel on YouTube)
Nyamuragira volcano
Nyamuragira, a large shield volcano similar to Mauna Loa on Hawai'i, is one of Africa's most active volcanoes. Every few years, it produces eruptions often from radial fissures emitting lava fountains and large, fluid lava flows travelling many kilometers into the scarsely populated area of tropical forest and farmland surrounding it.
JAKARTA, Indonesia(AP) — A strong earthquake hit waters off eastern Indonesia on Monday, sending people on nearby islands fleeing from their homes in panic. Fearing a tsunami that never came, villagers living along coastlines ran to high ground.
The 6.3 magnitude quake was centered 12 miles (20 kilometers) beneath the Molucca Sea, theU.S. Geological Surveysaid.
Many people in Ternate, the town inNorth Malukuprovince that was closest to the epicenter, scurried from shaking buildings, saidGeorge Rajaloa, a resident.
"I ran with everyone else," he said.
Suhardjono, from the Indonesian meteorological and geophysics agency, said at that magnitude and depth there was no danger of tsunami.
But residents fled beaches all the same.
Indonesia straddles a series of fault lines that make the vast island nation prone to volcanic and seismic activity.
A giant quake off the country on Dec. 26, 2004, triggered a tsunami in the Indian Ocean that killed 230,000 people, half of them in Indonesia's westernmost province of Aceh.
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Erupting underwater volcano off Spanish coast
Residents of La Restinga on the island of El Hierro were recently evacuated after weeks of earthquakes and the growing threat of an erupting underwater volcano that is making its presence known on the surface with an expanding, bubbling patch of dark debris.
Volcanic activity in the sea off the Canary island of El Hierro is seen in this areal photo taken and released by the Canary Islands Government on Friday Nov. 4, 2011. The regional government of the Canary Islands on Saturday Nov. 5, 2011has ordered the evacuation of homes and road closures near the southern tip of El Hierro after two earth tremors and increased offshore volcanic activity caused a buildup of malodorous debris floating on the sea.Seismic activity began in the area on July 17 and residents have since been rocked by more than 10,000 tremors, while underwater fissures have released an almost continuous flow of sulfurous gases, smoke and hot objects.El Hierro has some 11,000 residents and was formed by volcanic activity. (AP Photo/Canary Islands Government)
A Spanish Civil Guard authorizes fishermen and tourists to return to their boats after Tuesday's submarine volcano eruption in front of the town of La Restinga, on the south coast of the Canary Island of El Hierro October 16, 2011. The Canary Islands authority has raised the emergency situation to red level 1 as the submarine volcano near El Hierro is spilling magma, however the risk to the population on the island is low, according to the Cabildo de el Hierro on Saturday after a scientific evaluation. REUTERS/Borja Suarez
A water whirlpool is seen in a stained area in the sea caused by submarine eruption in front of the town of La Restinga, on the south coast of the Canary Island of El Hierro October 16, 2011. The Canary Islands authority has raised the emergency situation to red level 1 as the submarine volcano near El Hierro is spilling magma, however the risk to the population on the island is low, according to the Cabildo de el Hierro on Saturday after a scientific evaluation. REUTERS/Borja Suarez
In this photo taken and released by the Canary regional government on Saturday Oct. 15, 2011, fragments called pyroclasts from an underwater volcano are seen on the surface of the sea off Restinga on the Canary island of El Hierro, Spain. The regional government of Spain's Canary Islands has closed access to a port on El Hierro, ordered shipping to sail away from the area and banned aircraft from flying over the island's southern tip after an underwater volcano began spewing smoking debris. Scientists have detected airborne volcanic fragments called pyroclasts rising from the sea off the port of La Restinga, the government said in a statement. A research vessel that had been taking samples from the sea has been ordered to desist. (AP Photo/Canary Island Government)
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Congo's Nyamuragira Volcano
Congo's Nyamuragira volcano eruption biggest for a century
The Nyamuragira volcano, in a remote area of the Democratic Republic of Congo's Virunga national park, is producing lava fountains reaching up to 400 metres. Park officials say the eruption does not pose any immediate threat to the local population,but fear tremors may disturb another volcano.
The new eruption of Nyamuragira volcano on day 2 is putting on a spectacular show, producing tall lava fountains (a few 100 m high) that can be seen shooting out of the main vent and feeding a lava flow. A small elongated cone, perhaps already as much as 50-100 m high, has already formed around the vent. Monday, Nov 07, 2011
The new fissure eruption of Nyamuragira on the evening of 6 Nov (photo: Virunga National Park)
Nyamuragira volcano in the DRCongo started to erupt last night as park rangers of the Virunga National Park report on facebook. Nyamuragira is a large shield volcano north of Nyiragongo volcano near Goma town and belongs to the Virunga National Park. Its eruptions produce curtains of fire and large lava flows, which normally are no harm to inhabited areas as the volcano is very remote. In recent years, it has been almost impossible to access due to the presence of armed guerrilla troops hiding in this area.
Tall lava fountains from Nyamuragira early on 8 Nov 2011 (day 2 of the new eruption) (Video: Virunga National Park gorillacd's Channel on YouTube)
Nyamuragira volcano
Nyamuragira, a large shield volcano similar to Mauna Loa on Hawai'i, is one of Africa's most active volcanoes. Every few years, it produces eruptions often from radial fissures emitting lava fountains and large, fluid lava flows travelling many kilometers into the scarsely populated area of tropical forest and farmland surrounding it.
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Thank you Harve$t Moon, great timing on the 19 pairs. All states look out for the year formats to drop heavy throughout November-December, it has already began and should continue to drop everywhere, check out the list, pick your favorite and your birth year and go for it.
Best of Luck Everyone!!!
Thanks Empress-N! Remember to flip those 9's and 6's and others!