Dramatic Pics of Chile's Volcano Eruption

Dramatic Pics of Chile's Volcano Eruption Eowyn | June 7, 2011 at 10:13 am | Tags: Chile earthquakes, volcano chain | Categories: Uncategorized | URL: http://wp.me/pKuKY-7oj

Last Wednesday, June 1, 2011, a forceful 6.2 magnitude earthquake struck Chile off the country's south-central Pacific coast.

The same area was badly damaged in a major 8.8 magnitude quake that struck Chile on 27 February 2010, which was followed by a tsunami that devastated coastal communities. The 2010 disaster - the 6th largest earthquake on record since 1900 -- killed 524 people, left 220,000 homeless and caused an estimated $30 billion in damage. [Source]

5 days after last Wednesday's quake, on June 6, 2011, a Chilean volcano erupted for the first time in 50 years. Ash was thrown 6 miles up into the sky and some 3,500 residents were evacuated.

Chile has a chain of about 2,000 volcanoes, which is the world's second largest volcanic chain after Indonesia. Some 50 to 60 of Chile's volcanoes are on record as having erupted, and 500 are potentially active. [Source]

Here are some dramatic pics of the volcanic eruption:

Photo sources: Daily Mail; Terra.

Hmm. Since when do volcanoes erupt in a nuke-bomb-style mushroom cloud?

~Eowyn

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