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A volcano in northern Ethiopia erupted Sunday, marking its first known eruption in 12,000 years. The volcano, called Hayli ...

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A long-inactive volcano in northern Ethiopia unexpectedly erupted on Sunday, sending up plumes of volcanic ash and dust, ...

A volcano in Ethiopia's northeastern region erupted for the first time in nearly 12,000 years, sending thick plumes of smoke ...

Ethiopia's Hayli Gubbi volcano erupts after 12,000 years, sparking fears of a prophesied Earth cycle shift, confirming ...

Hayli Gubbi, which rises to 500 metres (1,640 feet), is the southernmost volcano of the Erta Ale Range, a chain of low-lying shield volcanoes in the Afar region. It has had no known eruptions for ...

It was the first eruption of Hayli Gubbi documented in the last 12,000 years, according to the Smithsonian Institution.

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