Types of volcanic eruptions

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Several types of volcanic eruptions have been distinguished by volcanologists. These are often named after famous volcanoes where that type of behavior has been observed. Some volcanoes may exhibit only one characteristic type of eruption during a period of activity, while others may display an entire sequence of types.

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Volcanic Quakes Help Forecast Eruptions

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

4 hours ago | 3 / 5 (2) | 2

Monitoring the earthquakes caused from magma movements inside an active volcano could help to improve the accuracy of forecasting an eruption.

Most of 47,000 Filipinos safe from raging volcano

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

15 hours ago | 4.5 / 5 (2) | 0

(AP) -- Almost all of the 47,000 residents living on the slopes of a rumbling volcano in the central Philippines have moved to emergency shelters, and lava and earthquakes Tuesday heralded what officials ...

Ancient Pacific islanders brought to light

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

Dec 21, 2009 | 4.5 / 5 (4) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A find of 60 headless skeletons summer 2009 may reveal the identity of the people who first inhabited the Pacific Ocean archipelago Vanuatu 3000 years ago.

Philippine volcano gets louder, could blow up soon (AP)

Philippine volcano gets louder, could erupt soon

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Dec 21, 2009 | 5 / 5 (5) | 0

(AP) -- Philippine troops on Monday pressed the last 3,000 villagers who have refused to heed government warnings to leave the danger zone around a volcano that experts say is ready to erupt.