Piton de la Fournaise Volcano Update, New Eruption Occurs, 4 Fissures Form
A new volcanic eruption just began on the French island of Reunion which has a population of approximately 900,000. Specifically, four fissures erupted at the Piton de la Fournaise volcano to the east of Madagascar, each feeding a distinct lava flow. These lava flows are continuing to expand in size, and are occurring within the volcano's northeast rift zone.
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The local volcano observatory for Réunion Island is called: Observatoire volcanologique du Piton de la Fournaise (OVPF-IPGP).
Local Volcano Observatory's Website: https://www.ipgp.fr/actualites-de-lov...
Local Volcano Observatory's Facebook Page: / obsvolcanopitonfournaise
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Sources/Citations:
[1] Observatoire Volcanologique de Piton de la Fournaise (OVPF) (Réunion Island)
[2] https://imaggeo.egu.eu/
[3] Chevrel, M. O., Favalli, M., Villeneuve, N., Harris, A. J. L., Fornaciai, A., Richter, N., Derrien, A., Boissier, P., Di Muro, A., and Peltier, A.: Lava flow hazard map of Piton de la Fournaise volcano, Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 21, 2355–2377, https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-21-2355..., 2021., CC BY 4.0.
[4] 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 are sourced from the LaMEVE database (British Geological Survey © UKRI), https://www2.bgs.ac.uk/vogripa/view/c..., Used with Permission
[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 Piton de la Fournaise Erupts
0:30 Eruption Location
2:27 Rift Zones
3:12 Typical Eruptions