Ruang Volcano Eruption Update; A Geologist Answers Your Questions

The volcanic eruption of the Ruang volcano was highly destructive. Yet, due to its unexpectedness, it left many people wanting answers. In today's video, I will answer several of these questions about the Ruang volcano as a geologist and volcanologist. Topics include whether Ruang and Tagulandang Islands might connect, how much ash was ejected in terms of Olympic swimming pool volumes, and whether Ruang could produce an 1883 Krakatau-like caldera forming eruption.

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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 or Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai's 2022 eruption are sourced from the LaMEVE database (British Geological Survey © UKRI), https://www2.bgs.ac.uk/vogripa/view/c..., Used with Permission
[3] G. Collins & others, "A numerical assessment of simple airblast models of impact...", Meteoritics & Planetary Science, https://doi.org/10.1111/maps.12873 (2017), CC BY 4.0
[4] https://impact.ese.ic.ac.uk/ImpactEar...
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[5] U.S. Geological Survey
[6] Alaska Volcano Observatory

0:00 Ruang Eruption
0:17 Evacuations
1:13 Geologic Setting
3:00 Will the 2 Islands Connect?