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Several types of
volcanic eruptions—during
which material is
expelled from a
volcanic vent or fissure—have been
distinguished by volcanologists. These...
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smaller 1915
eruption of L****en Peak in California. It has
often been
considered the most
disastrous volcanic eruption in U.S. history. The
eruption was preceded...
- Of the many
eruptions of
Mount Vesuvius, a
major stratovolcano in
Southern Italy, the best-known is its
eruption in 79 AD,
which was one of the deadliest...
- The 1883
eruption of
Krakatoa (Indonesian:
Letusan Krakatau 1883) in the
Sunda Strait occurred from 20 May
until 21
October 1883,
peaking in the late morning...
- free dictionary. A
phreatic eruption, also
called a
phreatic explosion,
ultravulcanian eruption or steam-blast
eruption,
occurs when
magma heats ground...
- 2021, an
eruption began on
Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai, a
submarine volcano in the
Tongan archipelago in the
southern Pacific Ocean. The
eruption reached...
- A
limnic eruption, also
known as a lake overturn, is a very rare type of
natural hazard in
which dissolved carbon dioxide (CO2)
suddenly erupts from deep...
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Plinian eruptions or
Vesuvian eruptions are
volcanic eruptions marked by
their similarity to the
eruption of
Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD,
which destro****...
- The 1991
eruption of
Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines'
Luzon Volcanic Arc was the second-largest
volcanic eruption of the 20th century,
behind only the...
- (September 2024) of 3,403 m (11,165 ft),
though this
varies with
summit eruptions. For instance, in 2021 the
southeastern crater reached a
height of 3,357...
