{"id":3237,"date":"2025-11-24T23:16:56","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T23:16:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=3237"},"modified":"2025-11-24T23:16:56","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T23:16:56","slug":"ethiopian-volcano-erupts-after-lying-dormant-for-12000-years-volcanoes-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=3237","title":{"rendered":"Ethiopian volcano erupts after lying dormant for 12,000 years | Volcanoes News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p class=\"article__subhead\"><em>No casualties reported, but local resident of Afar region says impact of eruption \u2018felt like a sudden bomb had been thrown\u2019.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-dates\">\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Published On 24 Nov 2025<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">24 Nov 2025<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rich-share\" data-testid=\"rich-share\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__button-wrapper\"><button class=\"rich-share__button row\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><\/p>\n<p>Click here to share on social media<\/p>\n<p><svg class=\"icon icon--share2 icon--primary icon--16 \" viewbox=\"0 0 20 16\" version=\"1.1\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><title>share2<\/title><path fill=\"#000\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M11.688 9.048c-.659 0-1.252.282-1.673.733l-4.92-2.45c.016-.115.028-.232.028-.352 0-.117-.011-.23-.027-.343l4.913-2.423a2.285 2.285 0 0 0 1.68.739C12.964 4.952 14 3.899 14 2.6 14 1.302 12.965.25 11.688.25S9.377 1.302 9.377 2.601c0 .117.01.23.027.343L4.49 5.367a2.285 2.285 0 0 0-1.68-.739C1.536 4.628.5 5.681.5 6.979c0 1.299 1.035 2.35 2.312 2.35.659 0 1.252-.281 1.673-.731l4.92 2.45a2.357 2.357 0 0 0-.029.351c0 1.299 1.035 2.351 2.312 2.351S14 12.698 14 11.399s-1.035-2.35-2.312-2.35Z\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"rich-share__social-text\">Share<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>A long-dormant volcano in northern Ethiopia has erupted, sending plumes of ash across the Red Sea towards Yemen and Oman.<\/p>\n<p>The Hayli Gubbi volcano in the Afar region of Ethiopia, located about 800 kilometres (500 miles) northeast of Addis Ababa, erupted for several hours on Sunday morning, leaving the nearby village of Afdera covered in ash.<\/p>\n<section class=\"more-on\">\n<h2 class=\"more-on__heading\">Recommended Stories<!-- --> <\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list of 3 items<\/span><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>There were no casualties from the eruption, which sent thick plumes of smoke up to 14km (nine miles) into the sky, sending ash clouds to Yemen, Oman, India, and northern Pakistan, according to the Toulouse Volcanic Ash Advisory Centre (VAAC) in France.<\/p>\n<p>Ahmed Abdela, a resident of the Afar region, said it \u201cfelt like a sudden bomb had been thrown\u201d. Many people who had been heading to the Danakil desert, a local tourist attraction, were left stranded in ash-covered Afdera on Monday, he said.<\/p>\n<p>Mohammed Seid, a local administrator, said there were no casualties, but the eruption could have economic implications for the local community of livestock herders.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4128599\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4128599\" style=\"width:643px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-arc-image-770 wp-image-4128599\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/AA-20251124-39796181-39796178-A_LONGDORMANT_HAYLI_GUBBI_VOLCANO_HAS_ERUPTED_FOR_THE_FIRST_TIME_IN_12000_YEARS-1764017809.jpg?w=643&amp;resize=643%2C362&amp;quality=80\" alt=\"Hayli Gubbi volcano\" fetchpriority=\"low\"\/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4128599\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Hayli Gubbi volcano erupted for the first time in 12,000 years, spewing ash clouds in the Afar region in Ethiopia [Afar Government Communication Bureau via Anadolu]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWhile no human lives and livestock have been lost so far, many villages have been covered in ash, and as a result, their animals have little to eat,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The volcano, which rises about 500 metres in altitude, sits within the Rift Valley, a zone of intense geological activity where two tectonic plates meet.<\/p>\n<p>The Smithsonian Institution\u2019s Global Volcanism Program said Hayli Gubbi has had no known eruptions during the current geological epoch, which experts know as the Holocene.<\/p>\n<p>The Holocene began approximately 12,000 years ago at the end of the last Ice Age.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Afar authorities have not yet reported casualties.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No casualties reported, but local resident of Afar region says impact of eruption \u2018felt like a sudden bomb had been thrown\u2019. 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