Ruang Volcano Eruption Update; New Major Eruption Occurs, Largest on Record

One of the most powerful volcanic eruptions on the planet of the current decade occurred earlier today, sending a plume of ash to a height of 82,000 feet. Pyroclastic flows swept across large sectors of the Ruang volcano, and widespread ash and lapilli was deposited in sections of Indonesia. At least several hundred homes were destroyed or damaged by my own estimate via an eruption which was larger than Ruang's April 17th eruption.

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I want to give a special thanks to INGVvulcani / INGV, Progetto UNO (@uno_progetto on Twitter), and Tullio Ricci for allowing me to use footage of the pyroclastic flow. It was posted on the INGVvulcani channel (   / ingvvulcani  ) at    • Stromboli, 12 ottobre 2022: colata di...   under a CC BY 3.0 license.

Note: By “largest on record” I mean today’s eruption was the largest known from specifically only the Ruang volcano.

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Sources/Citations:
[1] PVMBG (Pusat Vulkanologi dan Mitigasi Bencana Geologi) (Indonesia)
[2] VEIs, dates/years, composition, tephra layer name, DRE estimates, and bulk tephra volume estimates for volcanic eruptions shown in this video which were assigned a VEI 4 or larger and are not Ruang's 2024 eruption are sourced from the LaMEVE database (British Geological Survey © UKRI), https://www2.bgs.ac.uk/vogripa/view/c..., Used with Permission
[3] Source of Volcanic Explosivity Index (VEI) methodology and criteria: Newhall, C. G., and Self, S. (1982), The volcanic explosivity index (VEI) an estimate of explosive magnitude for historical volcanism, J. Geophys. Res., 87(C2), 1231–1238, doi:10.1029/JC087iC02p01231. Accessed / Read by    / geologyhub   on Oct 5th, 2022.
[4] U.S. Geological Survey

0:00 Powerful Volcanic Eruption
0:49 Exclusion Zone
1:32 Tsunami Danger Concern
2:36 A Lava Dome Explodes