This Week in Volcano News; Destructive Ruang Eruption, Kilauea Might Erupt

Earlier this week, the Ruang volcano produced an eruption the same order of magnitude as the 1980 eruption of Mt. St. Helens, leaving a populated island completely destroyed. Elsewhere, in Hawaii, there is increasing unrest at the Kilauea volcano due to an ongoing magmatic intrusion. And, in a remote section of Tonga, the Tofua volcano produced an unexpected spike in activity. This video will discuss these stories and list the 47 volcanoes which are currently erupting around the planet.

A special thanks to afarTV for allowing me to use their livestream footage of the Reykjanes eruption.

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Sources/Citations:
[2] PVMBG (Pusat Vulkanologi dan Mitigasi Bencana Geologi) (Indonesia)
[3] Tonga Geological Services
[4] Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys
[5] INGV (Italy)
[7] Phivolcs (Philippines)
[8] U.S. Geological Survey
[9] Rabaul Volcano Observatory
[10] Servicio Geológico Colombiano (Colombia)
[11] Hawaiian Volcano Observatory
[12] Alaska Volcano Observatory
[13] Vanuatu Meteorology & Geo-Hazards Department
[14] Instituto Geofisica Escuela Politecnica Nacional (Ecuador)
[15] OVSICORI-UNA (Costa Rica)
[16] Sernageomin (Chile)
[17] Vanuatu Meteorology and Geo-hazards Department
[18] Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Russia)
[19] Ekliptika. This source was used to cite the size of the following DRE values where tephra values were these figures multiplied by 2: 2024 Ruang eruptions.
[20] CIVISA (Azores)
[21] Japanese Meteorological Agency
[22] University of Alaska Fairbanks, Geophysical Institute
[23] Geonet (New Zealand)

0:00 Iceland's Volcanic Eruption
0:34 This Week's Top Stories
0:58 Ruang Eruption
2:40 Kilauea Unrest
3:52 Tofua Eruption
4:54 List of Erupting Volcanoes

[nnonotnow]

Short factual no hype. Always the best

[garyuntermeyer]

Excellent report. I rate this channel as number one for up to the minute volcano news and I never miss an update from you.

[christianhviid]

Damn, this year is quite an “exciting” one if one can say such a thing about potentially dangerous natural events. Looking forward to every upload brother. You and OzGeo has essentially turned me from a mildly geologically interested person to quite the hobbyist. Thank you for being a great entry point to this amazing science.

[sightseeinginstyle]

Can definitely attest that down here in Tasmania, the sunsets have been insane. The cololurs are so strong, and very unusual for this time of year!

[j_yh]

Thanks for taking on the suggestion about total actives globally, and making it a part of your regular reporting. 👍

[janetsecchi]

I appreciate you! I'm a total lava junkie, living on Kileuea, updates are always a good thing to keep our eyes on.

[TopOfAllWorlds]

Tofua is super worrying. It's so similar to Hunga Tonga. I think it seriously needs to be highly monitored.

[dieWeg]

Thank you for every update. This is one of my favorite channels. Keep up the good work! :-)

[AussieDepresso]

Wow, that picture I sent in. Wasn't expecting it to look so beautiful bahaha! Always happy to help you GeoHub

[jenteale]

Thank You for your excellent updates. Eyes on Iceland, the activity is evolving. From the Great Lakes of the US ♥

[kskssxoxskskss]

The amazing thing is to see Ruang and then be informed how much smaller it has been than Krakatoa in 1883. Unimaginable what those people experienced snd endured.

[jennlizzy]

As always, good reporting. Thank you.

[GREGLUCAS-uf]

A good overview and update. Thanks for the continued coverage. Greg. 😊

[tonysherwood]

You're the most accurate climate observation service - mostly moist from here on then!

[Joe-jju]

Tofua is a big system very mature. Will be interesting to see what happens there.

[Vesuviusisking]

Please can you talk about decade volcanoes

[viola]

Actually the pronunciation of Ruang is (Roo-ah-ng), the A is pronounced like the U in 'but.' As an Indonesian and your subscriber, thank you for all the volcanoes update

[biogeopaleo]

Alert level at Purace was raised to orange.

[Lobotomy]

Wow! Did I read that right? There were 15 different volcanos around the globe that all erupted on the.same day, May 3rd?

[eledatowle]

I love the hotspot feature on the satellite(s). I find it fascinating, and even more so, when hot spots show up in places where they "shouldn't be."