I honestly was a bit surprised when the tremor rapidly shot past what was observed in the hours before the plinian eruption on April 17th. That is when I knew that it was probably going to erupt, hence my earlier community post about Ruang. Ash from the eruption has now begun falling on parts of northern Sulawesi.

@WiskinWaffles

21 күн бұрын

You just might save a life with this !

@mrsRMT

21 күн бұрын

You definitely called it!

@freedomforever6718

21 күн бұрын

If a larger eruption happens it could bring a cooler than normal summer in the northern hemisphere.

@Freepalestine.Laurie

21 күн бұрын

I saw your post this afternoon (eastern time) and appreciate your opinion and warnings. You’re appreciated! 🫶 🇨🇦

@LostCylon

21 күн бұрын

Could the first erruption have caused fissures that caused seawater to enter the partially emtied magma chamber?

For newcomers: this channel doesn't overstate its warnings. If you're in the area please take the recommended precautions immediately. Best wishes!

@JamieSteam

21 күн бұрын

838 Indonesian islanders thank you for your concern. However they were all evacuated already by the government.

@petert3355

21 күн бұрын

Yeah, unlike some KZread content creators, GeologyHub tells it like it is. Pure unvarnished truth is what he gives. And for that I'm grateful.

@glynncordry5965

21 күн бұрын

​@@JamieSteamThat island. Not the neighboring one or those in the tsunami zone.

@onebeingeverybody7772

21 күн бұрын

I second this wholeheartedly

@wiredforstereo

4 күн бұрын

I wouldn't go that far, in terms of never overstating warnings. He can be a bit dramatic. In this case probably not, but in other cases, yes.

Even a trained professional such as this stated just 24 hrs ago this eruption was dying down. 1 day later and a larger eruption suddenly occurred with little to no warning. This is why exclusion zones are put in place even when it would appear safe.

@GeologyHub

21 күн бұрын

I was surprised myself. But things can rapidly change at unpredictable natural phenomena such as volcanoes.

@albinoviper2876

21 күн бұрын

yeah but is that what was said and left as that or did he actually say more? "Does not appear capable of producing another powerful eruption for the short term future as the pressure was released passively" I dont know that sounds much like a claim of knowing what he now comments to of not to know and now here we are with another what? oh explosion!

@pierreetienneschneider6731

21 күн бұрын

Thanks for all the work you put in those videos, it's a magnificent wealth of information! Is it me or is there a very striking similarity between Ruang and Vesuvius in terms of eruptive behavior? This seems to be following the same trend as Vesuvius ' 1779, 1794 and 1822 eruptions.... Small scale eruption at the summit, then escalation into very large explosive events in a few hours... About the lava dome at the summit of Ruang, I don't know the composition and viscosity of the lava but, based on the fountaining behavior it seems to be rather fluid for an andesite composition, something resembling the 1906 and 1944 Vesuvius' lava flows, which were of the scoria block type (thick aa).

@mad_warlock666

20 күн бұрын

@@GeologyHub I do think this is HHTH 2, and it wont stop here

@justinwilson3922

20 күн бұрын

⁠@@mad_warlock666what does HHTH mean

There are very few 'pure' things left on YT, this channel is one of the few. Thanks for always keeping us updated on what those pesky rocks are up to!

U were right about the warning!

Its shocking how unpredictable volcanoes still are.

@goldenhate6649

21 күн бұрын

Given that we cannot see or really monitor the underlying magma chambers or the lava tubes feeding said volcanoes, it is to be expected.

@Mastercrack_GS

21 күн бұрын

@@goldenhate6649 but we can at least monitor with sensors, seismographs and interpret the behavior of the volcano.

@sarahb.6475

21 күн бұрын

I read a book that said the bradyseism alone is a big problem. And they are uncertain when to evacuate. Its not always clear.

@sekar9901

21 күн бұрын

​​​@@Mastercrack_GS I remember Merapi volcano, it has the most advance monitoring system and the most monitored volcano in Indonesia. It's known for the effusive type of eruption. But in 2010, it changed its pattern, and became explosive. The phyroclastic clastic flow never reach 5km, but that night it traveled 16 km. That night the government broadened the danger zone, but it's too late. It killed more than 300 people.

@a_kazakis

21 күн бұрын

@@Mastercrack_GS You can do that before an eruption, but in this case, the volcano has already erupted for multiple days and to my knowledge has destroyed most of the sensors on the island itself. Ofc they are still monitoring it, but the closest censors are usually the most effective.

Geology Hub's warnings to people on the islands to be vigilant of tsunamis is highlighted by the fact that Japanese media are today reporting that te Japan Meteorological Agency are monitoring for any tsunamis caused by this eruption hitting the coastline of Japan. Japan is obviously thousands of kilometres away and if it is serious enough for Japan to be monitoring, those on the affected islands should be taking it a thousand times more seriously. Not only Japan of course, but I would imagine that other countries in the Pacific are also being vigilant. To most people here, this is preaching to the converted, but I write this message in the hope that someone looking for information comes across this video, watches it and sees comments like my own and heed the warnings.

Gah your videos are perfect considering the topics. Rather than creating panic or craze, you're straightforward and honest.

I hope the people on the adjacent island are okay. This is awful.

I hope people there learned of your earlier post, and took action before it erupted again.

Very dark here (North Sulawesi) ,,,it's 9am.

@justinwilson3922

20 күн бұрын

Isn’t it supposed to be sunny for u guys rn anyway I hope it’s not bigger than it seemed

Thank you Geologyhub.

WOW. Ruang just goes to show how the most dangerous volcanoes are the ones you don't expect, nobody would have thought that that random island would be capable of such intense activity just a year ago. I can't imagine that anyone will be living on Ruang island anytime soon after this. I'm really curious what the chance of a flank collapse, seawater intrusion, or caldera collapse is with this volcano, those slopes look very precarious and the eruption size combined with the ring of islands feels suspicious.

@hoosinhan

20 күн бұрын

The government should had evacuate everyone from the danger zone. This is a small island, and seawater could play some tricks here, creating massive explosion. Hope it would not happen.

After listening to his videos for a year, I think I can safely say, I've never heard him give out such warnings.. This says two things about him. 1. He cares about those that are affected by these dangerous situations. 2. He seems to be getting frustrated to the point that he is telling people to put cast iron pans on their heads and "yelling" at these to "get out of there". To those of you who are affected, he is NOT joking. "get out of there"

@bukboefidun9096

21 күн бұрын

Only thing missing is to wear a hot-pot holder with the pan !

@jameswingert9596

21 күн бұрын

During the April 17th eruption he said, "for the love of all that is good...get out of there!"

@Yezpahr

21 күн бұрын

You can also just put your 4 lines without empty lines in between... Why force people to click "Read More..." unnecessarily?

@rngnv4551

21 күн бұрын

It's basically the same effect when seeing First Responds running past you, barely stopping to say "get out." Get out of there at their speed or faster if you can.

@Yezpahr

21 күн бұрын

@@rngnv4551 That's a good comparison. I've seen that go wrong once, an ambulance worker ran through a crowd during market hours and the crowd split up between following him and getting out the way, bumping dozens of people over who had no clue what was going on. People just presumed he was rounding people up, but he just gestured them to get out the way because he had to get to a toilet. He made it. Moral: The collective IQ of a crowd drops by N where N is the number of people in said crowd.

I sure hope this isn't a continued build up, ala Krakatoa 1883. These island volcanoes are the scary bunch.

@justinwilson3922

20 күн бұрын

I bet it’s going to have like a huge high end vei 5 eruption then it’ll shut down but I think it had a possibility for this current eruption to be a low end vei 5 eruption

Well this doesn't sound too good. I hope everyone gets to safety. Thanks for sharing and have a nice day.

I really appreciate your channel. Thank you!

There’s talk (in this comments section) about this being a potential lead up to a Krakatoa-like event, but this seems to have more in common with the 91 eruption of Pinatubo (so far). That said, there’s now a question as to whether the entire series of islands actually forms the caldera for a much larger single volcano. And Indonesia’s Volcano’s really are next-level terrifying - inside a century, they had the VEI 7 1815 Tambora eruption and the VEI 6 1883 Krakatoa eruption.

@ro4eva

21 күн бұрын

Agreed. Ring of Fire on steroids.

Wow this volcano is not predictable at all

Thanks for posting! Thanks for your warnings!

Unparalleled coverage by our expert volcanologist.

ty for your updates

scary that a volcano could seemingly die down and then explode violently again

I am surprised it erupted again, and even bigger than before. Let’s hope it doesn’t get any worse.

I'd been wondering what was happening at Ruang. I'd seen/found nothing about it, even from the third day. This wasn't what I'd expected to hear. Like in Iceland, going quiet isn't always a good thing with volcanos.

You called it right. Even if this did not occur you were right to call it as the forming plug was a clear danger. Well done, you may have saved lives GH & there is no higher purpose than that.

Safety first! Thank you for your continuing coverage!

Oh. My. Gosh. Sorry for the comparison, but the eruption column of 25 kilometers is now taller than "cloud 3" of the 1980 Mount St. Helens eruption, and only 5 kilometers shorter than "cloud 4" of the 1980 eruption. To those near Ruang, STAY SAFE EVERYONE! Listen to the advice of authorities and do everything to remain safe.

@justinwilson3922

20 күн бұрын

And that is why I think that this eruption is a low end vei5 eruption

Wow this is wild! Thanks for the update

Thanks for the continued updates. Greg😮.

Insert goofy saying "I'll frakin do it again"

@dafidrosydan9719

21 күн бұрын

as an indonesian i can 100% confirm that if an earth shattering catastrophe were to occur we will fckin record it and upload it to social media instead of scrambling for shelter :D

@Z_The_Debater

21 күн бұрын

​@@dafidrosydan9719yep deffinetly true

@nostromo7928

21 күн бұрын

​@@dafidrosydan9719 So would a great many others! I don't think it's just an "Indonesian" thing. 🤪

@christinebonvallet4818

21 күн бұрын

​@@nostromo7928Hélas. Tous les ans enfant je voyais des touristes stupides arrêtés sur le bord des routes pour filmer les feux en cours en Corse. Les locaux, fuyaient....

@AnimeSunglasses

20 күн бұрын

Indonesians with volcanoes 🤝🏼 Midwesterners with tornadoes "Run? Nah, we gotta see this!"

may all those residents nearby be safe. buildings and other similar things can be replaced, lives cannot.

At 2024/04/30 02:00Z that area is now in daylight. The Korean Geostationary satellite is showing a massive brown plume surrounding the island in the visual bands and in the infrared it appears that a new eruption has just occurred.

This volcano seems to be a bit more unpredictable than others.

@wolfywise

21 күн бұрын

Doesn't help that the first eruption destroyed most of the monitoring equipment

@pierreetienneschneider6731

21 күн бұрын

No volcanoes are predictable... This Ruang beast is really making me think of Vesuvius, there's a lot of similarity between the two in terms of behavior...

@hoosinhan

20 күн бұрын

​@@pierreetienneschneider6731both vesuvius and ruang are near the beach. If any seawater rushes into the magma chamber, we get a real powerful blast.

@mad_warlock666

20 күн бұрын

@@pierreetienneschneider6731 Hm, Vesuvius went for one single eruption vei 5, which opens eruptive cycle, and then continues with vei 3-4-3-4 and shuts off... This is going for vei 5 already and still increasing! For me its giving Hunga Tonga vibes, hope im wrong, i really hope so :D

This channel ......ROCKS!

@ddaffyduck9636

21 күн бұрын

seriously people ...Get out of there!!.

@gosnooky

21 күн бұрын

I see what you did there.... :)

Remember guys Krakatoa had at least 3 major booms each greater than the last until the whole island vaporised. Ruang is repeating history. Also to note the increased moisture vapor blown into the mesosphere (upper) was estimated at an increase of + 15% with smaller S02 amount but also launched into mesosphere by Tonga eruption of 2022 stuff we know cooled Oceania by --05 C and increased rainfall till current days. Add this stratospheric penetration with 2022 Shiveluch 71000 foot eruption and a distinct picture starts to emerge of our upper atmosphere not getting back to normal. These effects aren't going away and with our magnetospheric pole excursion impacting increased solar radiation overall well volcanic surprises will continue. History has shown us this behavior is cyclical and is a repeat of 42k and 12k years ago. But well done to GeologyHub you really are doing great work.

@amaneyugihanako-kunofthesi8849

21 күн бұрын

If Ruang will go Krakatoa's path, then I really need to cover my ears well. I remember reading an article about Krakatoa that it shattered and deafened the ears of people all the way to Australia! Hopefully it doesn't happen though, especially with the potential tsunami that may form if the entire island collapses.

@TheWigglergler

21 күн бұрын

Keep in mind that the Tonga eruption ended up warming the Earth instead long-term because of all the water vapor put into the atmosphere. The SO2 emissions from that eruption were actually far smaller than expected, hence why it was initially rated as only VEI 4.

@mkay1957

21 күн бұрын

Krakatoa had several months of large explosive eruptions leading up to August 27, 1883. The 4 explosions that day were far beyond any of the previous explosions. The loudest was measured at 180 decibels 100 miles away. It is estimated that right at Krakatoa, the sound was 312 decibels.

@marksherry6589

21 күн бұрын

@TheWigglergler I must disagree with you firmly here. The people claiming warming were the same people that claimed 2023 was 3 or 4th hottest year in125,000 years. Paid IPCC or UN with their funding on the line. NOAA did disclose not just Oceania over the last decadel period of a --.05C drop but so to most of the other regions of the Southern Hemisphere have had reduced decadel temperatures. Interestingly I have the satellite feed showing by 29/04/22 the grey coloured cloud that had circumvented around the globe by the said date. Interesting that on 01/05/2022 all internet footage had been totally removed. Why would they do this?Even lay people know that increased blanket cloud cover reflects sunlight thereby reducing global heat. We are talking about volcanic dust and vapor being injected into our highest levels ie: 158000ft in under 30mins. When the satellite was flying over the explosion the cloud rose so fast even the lens had moisture droplets appear on it in real time. So @TheWigglergler you just want the narrative to repeat go ahead but why don't you look for yourself you will be very surprised.

@megret1808

21 күн бұрын

Spot on. Now add in whale teachings, birds falling out of the sky and recently, a rancher reporting random electrical burns on his cattle. It's going to get real fast. Why are billionaires building rockets and underground bunkers?

Thanks so much for what you do. You're my volcano guy for sure😊

Thanks for the prior warning. Have family to the south in Sulawesi. Will have indonesians in my group follow you.

I'm in awe that a volcano can erupt so powerfully and 2 weeks later, do it again, but stronger. My heart goes out to the people affected. This is quite a crisis

Stay as safe as you can guys. All the best from da UK 🇬🇧 👍👍🙏🙏🌋🌋🇬🇧🇬🇧

Sounds fearsome!

The earth is alive man! We out here

You are a good man, and your concern for the local population is clear and evident. We should share it and hope for the best in all this. Thank you.

What if Ruang do a Pinatubo, just like in 1991 eruption of Pinatubo, it first erupted on June 12 with a VEI 4 scale eruption and then the VEI 6 happened on June 15. But I hope it won't be the case this time.

@Z_The_Debater

21 күн бұрын

It happens same with Tambora And Krakatoa Aslo Begins With Small Eruption Ends With Powerful Eruption

@pierreetienneschneider6731

21 күн бұрын

Not the right magma type for such an explosive eruption.

@KillberZomL4D42494

21 күн бұрын

@@pierreetienneschneider6731 I believe the current eruption is already explosive. I could be wrong.

A well timed risk warning given. Thanks for your dedication and honesty. I hope people are indeed heeding your advice. 👍👍👍🇬🇧

Walking around with a pan on your head might sound silly but it could save your life.

@leechurchill1965

21 күн бұрын

Much more effective than a tin foil hat 😄

Could this cause the eruption to be ranked a low-end VEI 5 eruption since both of the Plinian eruption phases are considered as one whole eruption?

@wildlifeisthewealthofnatur5457

21 күн бұрын

No. This current one is 0.4km³ while the earlier one was smaller. So, it's still a vei 4 even if both are considered.

@Atlasworkinprogress

21 күн бұрын

@@wildlifeisthewealthofnatur5457 the first blast was .4 cubic km. This blast was larger. If the second blast is .6 cubic kilometers or larger, or the total of all ejected material since this eruption began (from before the first blast, during the dome building sequence between blasts, during this blast, and after this blast, this eruption can easily pass the 1 cubic kilometers of tephra needed to rank in at a low end VEI 5. Plume height of this blast is already quite insane and energetic. I would not be surprised if this blast is enough on it's own. We also do not have accurate tephra calculations for either blast yet, only estimates. This latest blast has literally zero information on size other than plume height, which is... Substantial to say the least.

@biogeopaleo2736

21 күн бұрын

​@@wildlifeisthewealthofnatur5457 Geology Hub said that the earlier eruption was 0.4 km³. I don't think so, but I don' know all the data.

@PacificNorthwestRailfanner

21 күн бұрын

@wildlifeisthewealthofnatur5457 The first plinian eruption was 0.40 cubic kilometers. However, the video stated that this second plinian eruption was bigger than the first one. Since both plinian eruptions are considered as one whole eruption, that means that at least 0.80 cubic kilometers or more could be ejected, rendering the question if it will pass the 1 cubic kilometer mark?

imagine the entire caldera is waking up and the whole thing goes boom. are the other volcanos showing any earthquakes? idk why. but i got a feeling this Rang is is only showing us a taste of what is to come. a very small taste.. sure a super eruption is unlikely. but who knows really with sea water, and a hidden caldera, an undersea vent previosouly opening up could be a bad bad omen

@Z_The_Debater

21 күн бұрын

Mt Awu,Mt Lokon Thoose 2 Volcano Aslo Show A Recent New Activities

Thanks a lot for all your hard work!

I have never heard this sense of immediacy from our host here before. If there are people in the danger area, or people who can exercise authority in the danger area, please listen to what you are hearing. Your lives factually depend upon it.

The Ruang volcano is close to the equator, will it affect the climate in the future?

@mobilehutch

21 күн бұрын

They were already talking about the slight effect it'd have on global temperatures from the last eruption and then this one appears to be larger.

@masonfreeparty

17 күн бұрын

will make it cooler like pinatuboo

This is why i love mother nature, we can predict, take guesses, and then it shows us how it can do a 360 and blow every analytical theory out the window.

thanks for your work

Great report, thanks so much. I hope everyone is sensible and that they keep themselves safe! ❤🙏😇

1000M high lava fountain holy guacamole.

Has this happened before in recent times? A volcano producing two VEI 4 eruptions one after the other like this? Could the whole event be considered a VEI 5 then if the amount of tephra is sufficient?

@Atlasworkinprogress

21 күн бұрын

I would say that this whole episode is 1 long eruption, so the amount of tephra release pre-Plinian 1, during Plinian 1, between Plinian 1 and Plinian 2, and after Plinian 2 must all be taken into account.

@JarnoOverwijk

21 күн бұрын

It would still be the same eruption according to Smithsonian's Global Volcanism Program. It states an eruption is over when 90 days have passed since the last eruptive event. Considering the last eruptive event prior to this wasn't even two weeks ago, it'd therefore be one and the same. As for VEI, that'd indeed be increased if the eruption as a whole produces sufficient volumes of tephra.

@simonlemerveilleuxdelisle3779

21 күн бұрын

With the two major events happening in two weeks, its probably a VEI5 eruption now.

@olm8829

21 күн бұрын

@@simonlemerveilleuxdelisle3779if the first plinian phase ejected approximately 0.4 cubic kilometres of tephra, and the second plinian phase seems to be even more violent, then yeah, it can already be a low-end VEI-5

@Dragrath1

21 күн бұрын

When I was looking up Icelandic volcanism the ~939 Eldgjá eruption Katla's bigger counterpart to the Laki fissure eruption from Grimsvotn apparently seems to have involved up to 16 different Plinian eruptive columns along its extent which were potentially cotemporaneous. For context this eruption was basically the consequence of Mid Ocean Ridge extension, basically what is occurring along the Reykjanes peninsula, but with the active spreading fissure happening to be the fault lineament where the Katla stratovolcano's primary magma chamber resides leading to the rapid discharge of much of Katla's siliceous magma chamber. The Laki eruption was much the same but for the Grimsvotn volcano though I don't know how extensive its explosive content was I think Katla is generally more silica rich than Grimsvotn is but don't quote me on that. These eruptions were primarily effusive in the sense that most of the material erupted was basaltic but both were highly explosive with eruption columns reaching in to the stratosphere which is why their impacts were so severe. These are tiny compared to flood basalts and notably even those appear to have had some nasty explosive content as the Siletzia terrain contains a number of samples of subaerial lapilli from the oceanic flood basalt thankfully one of these occurred in geologically recent times but I digress. In another context I can't help but think back to the video a week or two ago on Taal's eruptive history finding there were a series of young closely spaced explosive caldera forming events a total of 4 within the last ~6000 years. This seems to suggest to me that Ruang might be one of these erratic temporally closely space explosive eruption producing volcanoes.

Is it possible for a caldera forming eruption from Ruang? Keep up the great updates, GH!

@InvasiveGoofySpecies

21 күн бұрын

Probably but let’s hope that doesn’t happen for now..

Thank you, this was a interesting record and explaining the event.

I would rather watch this channel forever than watching news forever

Thanks.

I was correct then. After the eruption on the 17th stopped abruptly, after being so violent, it sounded very similar to the description of the way Krakatoa went before the big one. Those Indonesian volcanoes put on a show.

@Z_The_Debater

21 күн бұрын

Like fr rn This Is what i Fear That Volcano will Explode Even More Violent Than It Was Because That is Not Final eruption Yet

@xwiick

21 күн бұрын

It never stopped, it was building said lava dome that lead too this event

Good chance this is a high end VEI 4 or low end VEI 5. Hopefully not as strong as Hunga-Tonga's eruption.

Bro, you called it. Well done

Thanks!

Thanks for the prior warning, have family to the south in Sulawesi. Will have Indonesians in my group follow you.

Worst case scenario like going Krakatoa, that neighboring island is doomed. If the tsunami doesn't get you the pyroclastic flows will.

@Dragrath1

21 күн бұрын

While unlikely yeah if this system produces an major explosive caldera forming eruption it would be very bad indeed, especially if as suggested by the tremor after the 1st eruption that there are ring faults meaning all 3 islands are part of a single large caldera complex rim.

@Z_The_Debater

21 күн бұрын

Man They should Evacuate Immidiately

well you called that one.

The northern hemisphere will probably have a cooler summer than normal this year.

@jjMcCartan9686

21 күн бұрын

Haven't had a summer here in 3 years so nobig deal tbh 😂

@Omniscient_AI

21 күн бұрын

​@jjMcCartan9686 all I've had is summer (and a few weeks of winter)

@onemoreguyonline7878

21 күн бұрын

I was going to guess hot but rainy.

@clover5172

21 күн бұрын

The Eruption is pretty much right on the Equator however the eruption is probably not gonna alter the climate, or if it does it would be minimal The 1991 eruption of Mt Pinatubo caused a cooling of 0.5c or 0.9f, however that eruption ejected ~13 km^3 of tephra and 12 million tons of Sulfur Ruang's eruption is still ongoing, but so far it is at least 13 times smaller than Pinatubo's 1991 eruption

@Omniscient_AI

21 күн бұрын

@@clover5172 aw :( I wanted it to be colder (but I still would like for the people to get far away from the eruption and be safe)

Volcanic lightnight is One of the few things that makes me stop snd stare like a kid

Great information appreciate the safety tips !

2 plinian eruptions in 2 weeks. Thats not an easy feat...

Yes stay safe

I lived through the Mount Saint Helens eruptions and can tell people that they are in grave danger if they are close to this very active volcano! The mudflows and debris from an eruption cannot be outran. Don’t believe what movies show! You cannot outrun this! Get out of the area! Get to high ground! Go now! Don’t wait! Run, dammit, run!

With the ash reaching over 82,000 feet, will it cause any regional climate disruption?

Thank you for giving the facts and not fear mongering.

Txs

Is the eruption a VEI 4-5?

@Atlasworkinprogress

21 күн бұрын

Borderline. The first Plinian Column was .4 cubic kilometers. This one is undoubtedly bigger, but by how much is not known. You also need to add up all the smaller explosions and tephra ejected before the first big event and this one, as well as the explosions before and after the first big event. Right now this is 2 VEI4 level blasts but that could still land in the VEI4 category. We also honestly do not know what the future will bring at this volcano. If the eruptive sequence continues and another large blast happens, it will undoubtedly breech the VEI-5 mark.

You called it!

Holy crap, that’s a huge lava fountain! Very scary!

What are the chances of this eruption potentially reaching a Vei 5 on the Volcanic explosivity index? I ask as the 1st Plinian phase of the eruption possibly ejected 0.4 km^3 of tephra and that's where it was before this new and possibly larger Plinian phase

@Garmin21111

21 күн бұрын

I'd say pretty good chance probably above 50%. This would be the second VEI 5 eruption in less than 3 years.

This o e is going to go for a bit. Last I heard over, the radio was in part the neighboring island is being evacuated to areas that are less in danger. These eruptions are going to have a wide-ranging effect on everything from the weather to the ocean. In the coming year, there are going to be cooler temps worldwide, and this will also have effects on the crops that get planted as well as harvested. Last year in my area, the temps were up in the 80s by this time, currently the area is still in the upper 40s topping out in the mid 70s if that warm, all the volcanoes going off the way they are it is having a wide ranging effect globally on the weather as well as weather patterns.

Is it possible that it might pull a Krakatoa in 1883 and erupt so violently it blows itself up?

@michaeldeierhoi4096

21 күн бұрын

That's extremely unlikely.

What is your thought of flank collapse or even caldera event here?

Wow!!!

Does this count toward cloud seeding? Curious about the down stream weather effects.

@michaeldeierhoi4096

21 күн бұрын

The biggest potential effect is if enough SO2 is injected into the upper atmosphere that it could cause a minor cooling for about a year because SO2 acts like an aerosol which can reflect sunlight back into space. There is no guarantee that will happen.

Amazing beauty

A timely warning - this could prove to be a globally significant event seemingly

Said it before, this Volcano has too many similarities with Krakatoa to not rule out a caldera forming eruption/collapse due to seawater entering the volcano (Ruang has active vents below sea level). The Tsunami risk for Ruang is very high.

Impressive. I was just checking this volcano yesterday, wondering if magma supply was slowing down to dome and if it was just gonna slowly go back to sleep... Guess it's still got plenty of Andesite or maybe a smidgen of dacite left to enlarge island. A big few or partial collapse could join the two islands. Really spectacular eruption and I'm confident the people there are safe.

Incredible power 😳

Yet i haven't seen local news covering this recent eruption 😭

@riskyyanuariwahyuni1098

21 күн бұрын

Maybe because local medias still talk about AFC Asian Cup Indonesia vs Uzbekistan last night (I'm Indonesian. Sorry if my English is bad)

@nanwijanarko1969

20 күн бұрын

Same. Yesterday I had meteologix website open all day trying to monitor through the satellite imagery. Where's the news??

To geohub do you see that particular fault with TAAL as having a bit of a breech as Iceland seems poised to?

Are there any live cams there? It would be epic to witness this as it unfolds

Forwarded to friends in Indonesia

1:24 he’s right go like Brock and wear a frying pan like a protective helmet

Feel like there still could be worse. It was predicted another major eruption would come but not bigger than the one two weeks ago.

You called it! I hope anybody listening heeded your warning despite not being "official."

Seems crazy that folks are seemingly unaware of the immediate danger posed by this eruption. A combination of a plinium eruption with all that entails and the possibility of a tsunami would be enough for me to seek safer areas. Maybe an amount of ignorance of the threats and familiarity of the mountain/area has made folks Blasé to the dangers.

@velvet3784

19 күн бұрын

I think the fact it is on another island makes it appear safer, if it was connected then people would immediately run away

¿All this events tremors are possible precursors of a big eruption?.

You have never been wrong, and everyone should heed your warning. Please stay safe.