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Judi Lynn

(160,211 posts)
Wed Dec 28, 2016, 04:41 PM Dec 2016

Peru volcanoes explode into life triggering state of emergency and MASS EVACUATION

Source: Express

Peru volcanoes explode into life triggering state of emergency and MASS EVACUATION

TWO volcanoes in Peru have erupted into life, just 60 miles apart sparking widespread fears and authorities have declared a state of emergency and started a mass evacuation.

By Jon Rogers
PUBLISHED: 18:46, Wed, Dec 28, 2016 | UPDATED: 18:59, Wed, Dec 28, 2016

The Sabancaya volcano started spewing ash and smoke some 3,500 meters (11,500 feet) into the air on Monday, in the latest in a series of worrying explosions in the south of the South American country.

The volcano, situated just 40 miles from Peru’s second most populous city Arequipa in the Andes, returned to life at 8.24am on Monday just over a week after it began activity on December 16.

Local authorities have warned the local inhabitants they are likely to be affected by the ash from the 20,000-ft (6,000m) volcano whose name translates at ‘tongue of fire’ in the local dialect of Quechua.

Sabancaya sits on top of the South America tectonic plate which when it clashes with the neighbouring Nazca plate, spews magma to the surface.

Read more: http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/747986/Peru-volcanoes-Sabancaya-Ubinas-state-of-emergency-evacuation



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Volcán Sabancaya



Ubinas, in April



Peruvian volcanoes



Llamas Grazing in Sajama National Park with the Twins, the Volcanoes of Parinacota and Pomerata





Alpaca socializing with child.
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Peru volcanoes explode into life triggering state of emergency and MASS EVACUATION (Original Post) Judi Lynn Dec 2016 OP
... Lucinda Dec 2016 #1
I would rehearse earthquake plans US West Coast DU'ers. roamer65 Dec 2016 #2
it has been a bit active last couple of days... dhill926 Dec 2016 #4
wow, cool pictures. Love that Alpaca, he wants his wool back! Sunlei Dec 2016 #3

roamer65

(36,739 posts)
2. I would rehearse earthquake plans US West Coast DU'ers.
Wed Dec 28, 2016, 06:48 PM
Dec 2016

Either the San Andreas or the Cascadia Subduction Zone is well overdue. All this movement elsewhere on the ring of fire makes me worried.

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