The disaster management office said it plans to evacuate populated areas within 15 kilometers of the main crater of the “Nevado del Ruiz” volcano, which consists of 3 craters in the Colombian Andes.
And recorded an increase in the seismic activity of the volcano, which caused its eruption in 1985, killing 25,000 people during the worst natural disaster in Colombia.
There has recently been a “significant increase in seismic activity”, the Colombian Ministry of Mines said in a statement, while the Colombian Geological Service warned of “a possible eruption within days or weeks”. , according to AFP.
This giant volcano, 5,300 meters high in western Colombia, is part of a chain of volcanoes that form the ring of fire in the Pacific Ocean basin, characterized by active volcanoes and frequent earthquakes.
On November 13, 1985, the high temperature resulting from the volcano’s eruption melted the snow covering the surrounding mountains, causing torrents of mud to form that buried the town of Armero and destroyed half of its 50,000 inhabitants.
cause for concern
On March 30, the Global Volcanology Program reported that some 11,600 earthquakes had been detected in the region. Authorities raised the alert level to orange, the second highest on a 4-point scale. The Nevado del Ruiz volcano, whose last activity dates back to 1985, is one of the deadliest volcanoes in the world. That year, it caused the death of nearly 25,000 people, which increases the fears of Colombians about its possible eruption in the coming days. The Colombian geological services announced that the volcano had emitted a plume of ash 3,000 feet high. She said the earthquakes in early April were caused by the movement of magma, setting the stage for the volcano to erupt. According to Earth magazine, this volcano has been classified as “Colombia’s worst natural disaster, the second deadliest volcanic disaster of the 20th century and the fourth deadliest in human history”.
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