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Volcano erupts in Russia after 7.0-magnitude earthquake
The Hill via MSN.com ^ | August 18, 2024 | Lauren Sforza and Associated Press

Posted on 08/18/2024 7:46:54 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Avolcano has erupted in Russia after a 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck off the eastern coast of the country, according to state-run media.

The Russian news agency, TASS, reported that the Shiveluch volcano in the region of Kamchatka started to erupt on Saturday. CNN noted that the volcano is about 280 miles from the coastal city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, which has a population of 180,000.

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Local News; Miscellaneous; Outdoors; Science; Weather
KEYWORDS: ash; earthquake; eruption; kamchatka; lava; russia; shiveluch; tass; volcano
The Ring of Fire is everywhere!
1 posted on 08/18/2024 7:46:54 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Bumpy at the Top!


2 posted on 08/18/2024 7:49:33 AM PDT by linMcHlp
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

280 miles from the nearest city... I think they’ll be good. I suppose a few peasants here and there will be in danger... But when you’re losing thousands on the battlefield every week... What’s a few peasants here and there?


3 posted on 08/18/2024 8:05:57 AM PDT by jerod (Nazis were essentially Socialist in Hugo Boss uniforms... Get over it!)
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To: jerod

Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky is way out east—probably not many peasants in the area.


4 posted on 08/18/2024 8:11:54 AM PDT by Fiji Hill
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

In essence it is. It’s massive. This, from Wikipedia:

It is about 40,000 km (25,000 mi) long[1] and up to about 500 km (310 mi) wide,[2] and surrounds most of the Pacific Ocean.
The Ring of Fire contains between 750 and 915 active or dormant volcanoes, around two-thirds of the world total.[3][4] The exact number of volcanoes within the Ring of Fire depends on which regions are included.
About 90% of the world’s earthquakes,[5] including most of its largest,[6][7] occur within the belt.


5 posted on 08/18/2024 8:13:23 AM PDT by j.havenfarm (23 years on Free Republic, 12/10/23! More than 8,000 replies and still not shutting up!)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Here's the Coat of Arms of of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. Something tells me they know about their volcanos...


6 posted on 08/18/2024 8:14:48 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“When exposing a crime is treated like a crime, you are being ruled by criminals” – Edward Snowden)
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Geology tidbit.

Subduction vs SideSlip.

Subduction is one tectonic plate being pushed down beneath another to melt. These quakes are big.

Sideslip is two sides of a fault moving sideways in comparison to the other. They can be more shallow than subduction and get some magnitude that way, but generally speaking the really big ones are subduction.

Alaska, the mega one in Japan, the huge one down by Indonesia that flooded Thailand and Sumatra early 2000s . . . those are subduction. We are WAY overdue for a subduction event offshore Washington state.


7 posted on 08/18/2024 8:16:24 AM PDT by Owen
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To: j.havenfarm
And both our houses in Idaho and California are in it!


8 posted on 08/18/2024 8:16:31 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“When exposing a crime is treated like a crime, you are being ruled by criminals” – Edward Snowden)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

It’s interesting that only the tip of the Kamchatka Peninsula is actually in the Ring of Fire. I would have expected it to cover more territory to the west.


9 posted on 08/18/2024 8:17:52 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“When exposing a crime is treated like a crime, you are being ruled by criminals” – Edward Snowden)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

That city they mentioned is a big fishing port in very cold region, 51 degrees for the high today. There is a big volcano right next to the city but the active one is far away.


10 posted on 08/18/2024 8:24:33 AM PDT by Doctor Congo
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Cue up the tornado, the fire, and the flood. Then the plague of locusts.


11 posted on 08/18/2024 8:56:29 AM PDT by Flash Bazbeaux
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

It is on the ring of fire.

It’s hardly in Russia.

It’s in the future West Alaska.


12 posted on 08/18/2024 9:11:23 AM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Thanks for the map. It is a good visual to understand how it connects.


13 posted on 08/18/2024 10:02:15 AM PDT by Texas Fossil (Texas is not about where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind and Attitude.)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

That volcano goes off every two or three years, as I recall...


14 posted on 08/18/2024 11:22:49 AM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

“They are in front of us, behind us, and we are flanked on both sides by an enemy that outnumbers us 29:1. They can’t get away now.”

“We’re surrounded. That simplifies the problem”.


15 posted on 08/18/2024 12:11:02 PM PDT by Delta 21 (If anyone is treasonous, it is those who call me such.)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

And they should know about the sea.


16 posted on 08/18/2024 12:13:39 PM PDT by Delta 21 (If anyone is treasonous, it is those who call me such.)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Fun fact: The Siberian Traps were formed in one of the largest volcanic events in the last 500 million years. The eruptions continued for 2 million years and may have been responsible for the Permian Extinction Event, aka The Great Dying.


17 posted on 08/18/2024 12:19:53 PM PDT by Flag_This (They're lying.)
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