One of the strongest volcanic eruptions in the last century is believed to have wiped out a majority of Ruang Island's structures. This eruption was larger than the 1980 eruption of Mt. St. Helens, and even led to the generation of a tsunami. Hundreds of homes and structures were damaged, with this all occurring due to Ruang's 210 minute long plinian eruption. This video will discuss exactly what occurred in the last 36 hours at Indonesia's Ruang volcano.

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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] 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.
[4] NASA Worldview, EOSDIS Worldview, (Satellite imagery: Terra / MODIS), at https://worldview.earthdata.nasa.gov/

0:00 A Destructive Eruption
0:32 Ash Plume
1:35 Plinian Eruption
2:31 A Tsunami is Generated
3:12 Larger Than St. Helens