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When was the last eruption in reunion?
7th December 2020
The third volcanic eruption in 2020 Its third eruption of the year began during the night between Sunday 6th and Monday 7th December 2020, at around 5am (local time). The eruption was visible from the piton de Bert and was located on the west of the Bory crater, according to the volcano observatory.
What type of volcano is Piton de la Fournaise?
basaltic shield volcano
Piton de la Fournaise, a massive basaltic shield volcano, is located on the SE part of the French island of Réunion in the western Indian Ocean. Its most recent eruption period occurred during 7-8 December 2020 and was characterized by lava fountains and short lava flows (BGVN 46:01).
How often does Piton de la Fournaise erupt?
every nine months
9 months. Not many volcanoes can boast such exuberant activity. For the past ten years, the Piton de la Fournaise has erupted on average every nine months, fortunately without endangering the islanders.
When did Piton de la Fournaise last erupt?
April 2021Piton de la Fournaise / Last eruption
How many volcanoes are in Reunion Island?
two
The island is elliptical (50 x 70 km) (31 x 44 miles), with a northwest-southeast elongation. It is composed of two Hawaiian-type shield volcanoes: Piton des Neiges (3,069 m) (10,069 ft) and Piton de la Fournaise (2,631 m) (8,632 ft).
How old is novarupta?
Novarupta (meaning “newly erupted” in Latin) is a volcano that was formed in 1912, located on the Alaska Peninsula on a slope of Trident Volcano in Katmai National Park and Preserve, about 290 miles (470 km) southwest of Anchorage.
What is the world’s largest supervolcano?
1 – La Garita Caldera.
How deep was the ash from Novarupta?
The area was originally designated a National Monument in 1918 to protect the area around the 1912 eruption of Novarupta and the 40-square-mile (104 km2), 100-to-700-foot (30 to 210 m) deep, pyroclastic flow of the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes.
How many people died from Novarupta?
zero
Remarkably, the June 6, 1912, eruption of Novarupta had a death toll of zero, largely attributable to a series of increasingly violent earthquakes in the days leading up to the eruption, prompting exoduses from nearby villages.
When did Fernandina volcano last erupt?
The lava flow extents at Fernandina of the previous two eruptions (4-7 September 2017 and 16-21 June 2018) and the 12-13 January 2020 eruption as detected by FIRMS thermal anomalies.