Yearly Archives: 2015
Mother Nature Still Rules. Italy’s Etna and Nicaragua’s Motombo Erupted This...
QCOSTARICA - Two major volcanic eruptions were reported this week. The first one is of Europe’s Mount Etna, the second and the most spectacular was Nicaragua’s Momotombo that erupted after being inactive for almost 110 years.
Italy’s National Institute of Public Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV) said in a statement that...
Nicaragua’s Momotombo Volcano Erupts for the First Time in a Century
TODAY NICARAGUA - Momotombo, Nicaragua's largest volcano, erupted for the first time since 1905 on Tuesday.
The colossus is located near Lago Xolotlán, 40 km northeast of Managua, Nicargua's capital city.
According to a bulletin from the Instituto Nicaraguense de Estudios Territoriales (link in Spanish), small tremors and "expulsions of incandescent...