The Piton de la Fournaise volcano has erupted on Reunion Island.

One of the most active volcanoes in the world, Piton de la Fournaise, located on the French island of Reunion in the Indian Ocean, has begun to erupt. This was reported on February 13 by the France-Press agency (AFP), citing data from the volcanic observatory of this volcano.

"Lava erupted on the southern flank of the volcano at about 10:00 a.m. local time (09:00 Moscow time), just 35 minutes after the start of a major seismic crisis, which means magma rising to the surface," the material says.

The volcano is located in an uninhabited area, and the eruption does not pose a threat to the local population.

It is noted that this is the second eruption of Piton de la Fournaise in less than a month. After two years of silence, the volcano woke up on January 18, its eruption lasted about 48 hours. About 20 eruptions have been recorded in the last decade.

On this day, it became known that five eruptions of the Semeru volcano in the Indonesian province of East Java had been registered in the last 24 hours, she added.Газета.Ru ".

On January 30, a mud volcano erupted in the Hajigabuli region, 110 km from Baku, in eastern Azerbaijan. The process lasted about 13 minutes and was of a single-phase nature. The eruption was located at a depth of 3 km.

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