Large Sections of Island Wiped Out by Major Eruption; Ruang Volcano Erupts

A major eruption just occurred at the Ruang volcano, which wiped out large swaths of the inhabited island it sits on. As much as 40% of the island was scorched by pyroclastic flows within an hour, and this eruption is still continuing to intensify. Today's video discusses the evacuation of Ruang Island, the series of events which led to this eruption, and what might happen next.

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Sources/Citations:
[1] PVMBG (Pusat Vulkanologi dan Mitigasi Bencana Geologi) (Indonesia)
[2] NASA Worldview, EOSDIS Worldview, (Satellite imagery: Aqua / MODIS), at https://worldview.earthdata.nasa.gov/
[3] Pranantyo, Ignatius & Heidarzadeh, Mohammad & Cummins, Philr. (2021). Complex tsunami hazards in eastern Indonesia from seismic and non-seismic sources: Deterministic modelling based on historical and modern data. Geoscience Letters. 8. 20. 10.1186/s40562-021-00190-y. CC BY 4.0.
[4] INGVvulcani
[5] 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.

0:00 Ruang's Major Eruption
0:36 Progression of Events
1:34 Exclusion Zone
2:34 Pyroclastic Flows
3:17 Tsunami Risk