Volcano erupts for first time in 12,000 years: “Like a sudden bomb”

A volcano in Ethiopia’s northeastern region has erupted for the first time in nearly 12,000 years, sending thick plumes of smoke up to nine miles into the sky, the Toulouse Volcanic Ash Advisory Center (VAAC) said.

Hayli Gubbi volcano, located in Ethiopia’s Afar region, about 500 miles northeast of Addis Ababa near the Eritrean border, erupted for several hours on Sunday.

Rising at an altitude of approximately 1,500 meters, the volcano is located in the Rift Valley, a region of intense geological activity where two tectonic plates meet.

VAAC said ash clouds from the volcano drifted over Yemen, Oman, India and northern Pakistan. Map of the path of the ash cloud.

Air India said on Tuesday it had canceled at least 11 flights due to ash clouds, and Akasa Air had also canceled flights to some destinations in the Middle East, Reuters news agency reported.

Simon Carn, volcanologist and professor at Michigan Technological University. Confirmed on Bluesky He said the ash cloud was “rapidly spreading eastward via the subtropical jet stream, across the Arabian Sea towards Northwest India and Pakistan.”

A thick column of white smoke can be seen rising in videos shared on social media, which AFP could not immediately verify.

There were no known eruptions during the Holocene, which began at the end of the last Ice Age, about 12,000 years ago, said Hayli Gubbi, the Smithsonian Institution’s Global Volcanism Program. abdomen Confirmed on Bluesky Hayli Gubbi “There is no record of Holocene eruptions.”

Local administrator Mohammed Seid said there were no casualties but the explosion could have economic consequences for the local community of livestock herders.

Seid told The Associated Press that there were no previous records of the Hayli Gubbi Volcano erupting and that residents were concerned about their livelihoods.

“While no human or animal casualties have been reported so far, many villages have been covered in ash, resulting in very little food for the animals,” he said.

The Afar region is prone to earthquakes, and Ahmed Abdela, who lives in the area, told the AP he heard a loud noise and described it as a shock wave.

“It felt like a sudden bomb had been dropped, consisting of smoke and ash,” he said.

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